The Managing Director of Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company Limited in the Republic of Ghana, Edwin A. Provencal has stated that the issue of fuel contamination will not happen under his watch.
According to him, he has taken steps to ensure that the issue of fuel contamination becomes an issue of the past.
Edwin Provencal was appointed as the Managing Director of the West African nation’s strategic oil reserves company following the resignation of George Mensah Okley.
He is the third Managing Director of BOST within three years under the current Akufo-Addo administration.
BOST has received bad publicity in the past few years due to selfish interest groups, with one of the issues being contaminated fuel that occurred in December 2016.
Speaking during a media engagement in Accra, Friday, Mr Provencal pledged his commitment to turning around BOST and make it a profit-making entity.
He was hopeful that the company would start making profit by next year.
He said one of the things he had done was to engage with management of BOST’s depots which had been outsourced to a third party and letting them know that all costs arising out of their omission or commission will be borne solely by them.
“No more contamination…if it occurs, our depot managers will be made to bear the cost,” he stated.
He admitted that, although things might have been done wrongly in the past, BOST, under him, would be cost efficient entity.
“I’m very nationalistic and with the work I did at Vodafone and the rest, I’m confident that we will work to turn BOST around,” he assured.
He said as part of measures to cut down expenditure, where possible, foreign training for BOST technical staff will be procured locally from TOR as they have the capabilities to supply same.
“Other West African nations come for training at TOR so why not us,” he said.
Mr Provencal revealed that since he assumed office, all the parcel of fuel they have handled has made some gains.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com