Members of the taskforce
A joint national taskforce to oversee the export of petroleum products across Ghana’s borders has been inaugurated.
The taskforce would also ensure export products were duly dispatched out of the country and in the appropriate order.
The committee is one of several measures the NPA has put in place to address the menace of fuel smuggling in the petroleum sector with its negative impact on the economy.
Members of the committee are drawn from the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA), Ministry of Energy, Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC), Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BODC) and a representative from the security services.
In an effort to curb the menace, the NPA in collaboration with other bodies have initiated measures to conduct swoops on trucks suspected to be involved in the dumping of products meant for export into the country.
The export guidelines were developed by the NPA to address concerns of malpractices in the export system, which has negatively impacted revenue meant for the state.
Speaking at the inauguration, Esther Anku, Chief Inspector of NPA, said the taskforce was expected to review the operational activities of the committee, as it “relates to curbing the leakages within the current export system.”
She implored the members of the committee to work assiduously in order to win the “fight” against the smugglers.
It has so far collaborated with the state security to effect swoops at various landing beaches, the high seas and border points, where several cartels operating in the petroleum sector use to fuel their operations.
The NPA’s Chief Executive, Mr Hassan Tampuli, reiterated his outfit’s resolve to fight the canker.
Later in a meeting with the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Seth Amoama, Mr Tampuli reinforced the NPA’s commitment to assist the security agencies to deal with persons involved fuel smuggling.
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