Even though there have been concerns about the importation of toxic fuels into the country, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) maintains that the imported fuels meet Ghana’s standards.
According to the CEO of NPA, Moses Asaga, the country has a level 3000ppm of Sulphur content in diesels on the market but in Europe the level permitted is 50ppm.
If consumers in Ghana, therefore, want diesel with a high quality that contains less amount of Sulphur, then consumers will have to pay a higher price for such fuels.
He was responding to findings from a three-year research project by Swiss NGO Public Eye, which revealed that importation of extremely harmful diesel into the country was on the rise.
According to the Public Eye report, which cited African nations as being the most receivers of these dangerous fuels, major European oil companies and commodity traders were exploiting Ghana’s particularly weak fuel standards to export the high-polluting fuels that they could never sell at the pumps in Europe.
Gian Valentino Viradez, Project Manager in charge of Development Policy at Public Eye, who presented the report at a forum in Accra on Thursday September 15, said the practice had damaging effects.
According to him, these fuels contain “nitrogen oxide, sulphur dioxide, and all kinds of pollutants that are known to be very bad for health”.
Mr Viradez added: “They cause chronic diseases and many other conditions such as lung cancer and this has to be taken seriously. We believe Africans have the right to know what they are consuming when they go to the pumps.”
However, Mr Asaga maintains that if consumers are willing to pay for premium fuels, such fuels can be imported but what is available on the market is permissible within the standards of the country.
"If we want high quality fuel then we need to pay more… the thing is a price issue", he told Joy FM in an interview on Friday, September 16, 2016.
Source: classfmonline.com
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For your selfish gain, you want to kill Ghanaians slowly. I am not surprised that the CEO of NPA has no feelings. A wife beater, A man who rapes a 15 year old girl he is supposed to be teaching. God save this country from such me.
Moses the dummy. Ah Moses.
Oguan mmeeeeeee. Okraman wowowowowowo> How can you be in charge of NPA. The govt of Ghana uses more diesel cars than any single individual or company. Even you Asaga drives/driven in a V8 toyota landcruiser. You see poor man's mentality. The goat thought it was sh1ting to spoil its owners premises, not knowing that it has no other place to sleep than in its own sh1t. Shame on you. You must take responsibility for all the govt's diesel cars that has broken down. You must resign and be probed. Shame on you! nation wrecker. In the first place what option did you give me before you brought this dirty diesel. When you are caught pant5 down, you are shouting I should pay more. If i go to the pumps, do I have any option? Aponkye mmmeeeeeee
U should be taking cattle to the Bolga market and today u are managing the oil industry so this is what u will tell us Mr wife beater
When will these people leave office. He is saying it is better to die than to pay for high fuel prices.
If such people are in control of the country, what do you expect? Look at his face.
HE SAYS, HE INTENTIONALY KILLING GHANAIANS FOR NOT PAYING MORE HEALTHY FUEL.THIS IS EQUAL TO THE GAS CHAMBER:WHAT DO WE DO TO SUCH HURRIBLE LEADERS?
If we have such people in top positions no wonder the state of affairs. That is why our country is a dumping place saddled with fake goods of all kinds.
Really people in power should learn common principles of good communication that will put tempers down. Moses Asaga should not take us in Ghana as ***barred word***. It's not his fault. After all he had a free education, free minister, free car free service and everything free. God is there watching us all. People forget that we came with nothing and will go with nothing to be judged bu our maker.
that is why we need to refine our crude oil in this country. what is the purpose of tema oil refinery. it is sad that we have cockroaches who are ruling us, that is why we need to boot them out in this coming election. my fear is that we have so many illiterates who have been brainwashed by some educated illiterates who have stolen money from us and they don't want go to jail.