Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Ghana have expressed their displeasure at a zonalisation policy in the country’s petroleum downstream sector, calling on the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) to abolish it.
They argue that scrapping the policy is essential for efficient distribution and transportation of petroleum products across the country.
In Ghana, zonalisation refers to a policy implemented by the NPA to regulate the transportation of petroleum products, particularly fuel, across the country.
The country has been divided into specific zones, with each zone allocated to a particular OMC.
Each OMC has exclusive rights to distribute fuel within its allocated zone with restriction to specific routes and zones, limiting the movement of fuel across different zones.
This policy was introduced by the immediate-past government and it has been in force for over six years.
According to the OMCs, the policy is one of the factors that cause fuel shortages in some fuel retail outlets in some parts of the country.
Speaking at the just-ended Petroleum Downstream Dialogue 2025, the Industry Co-ordinator and Chief Executive Officer of Chamber of Oil Marketing Companies (COMAC), Dr Riverson Oppong, underscored the need to revisit the policy in order to address emerging concerns.
According to him, it does not make economic sense for a bulk road vehicle (BRV) to lift a product from Tema bypass to a place like Konongo to Kumasi only for another BRV to move product from Kumasi to Konongo when the BRV from Tema can easily discharge the product at Konongo.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
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