“In Germany where Nana Akufo-Addo was yesterday, a gallon of petrol is $6.48; in Ghana today, a gallon of petrol is $3.3; in UK last night a gallon of petrol was $7.68…and therefore if we are doing $3, 30 cents a gallon and Amsterdam where were import [our products] from is doing $6.48 per gallon, I think that people shouldn’t take us out as if we are insensitive,” said Moses Asaga.
The Chief Executive of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) was speaking to Nana Akufo Addo's reaction to the recent fuel price increment.
Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo Addo after the NPA announced a 9 percent increment in fuel prices described the ruling National Democratic Congress government as 'insensitive'.
Nana Akufo-Addo made this known when he addressed a packed meeting of Ghanaians, NPP members and sympathisers in Köln, Germany, on the first day of his 16-day tour of some European countries.
But speaking in an interview with Kwami Sefa Kayi on PeaceFM's flagship programme, Kokrokoo, Moses Asaga said those listening to Akufo Addo in Germany should have told him that Ghana is better than Germany as far prices for a gallon of fuel is concerned, adding: "There is a lot of intellectual dishonesty".
“In Germany where Nana Akufo-Addo was yesterday, a gallon of petrol is $6.48; in Ghana today, a gallon of petrol is $3.3; in UK last night a gallon of petrol was $7.68…and therefore if we are doing $3, 30 cents a gallon and Amsterdam where were import [our products] from is doing $6.48 per gallon, I think that people shouldn’t take us out as if we are insensitive,” he added.
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