Ghana’s petroleum downstream regulator, National Petroleum Authority (NPA), has refuted a publication that misrepresented a statement made by its Head of Communications during a recent interview on an Accra-based radio station in Ghana’s capital.
The report, according to the NPA, erroneously suggested that Mr Mohammed Abdul-Kudus had claimed the Cylinder Recirculation Model Policy would eliminate cheating at LPG filling stations.
This supposed statement did not augur well with the LPG Marketing Companies Association since it [supposed statement by the NPA] suggested that they [LPG stations] cheat customers at the refilling stations.
A statement issued by the Corporate Affairs Directorate of the NPA clarified that during an interview on an Accra-based radio station, Mr Abdul-Kudus addressed customer concerns about the integrity of filled cylinders under the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM).
According to the regulator, Mr Abdul-Kudus sought to explain that the filling of the cylinders under the CRM was automated at the bottling plants and that customers were assured of the right quantity of LPG they would be paying for at the exchange points.
“He further assured that customers who are still doubtful will have access to scales at the exchange points to weigh their cylinders and verify the correct quantities,” the statement explained.
It added that the media house that conducted the interview carried the story on their online portal with the correct headline: ‘NPA allays fears of gas cheating under cylinder recirculation model’.
The NPA has since drawn the attention of the media house to the misrepresentation and the need for it to effect the correction to represent the explanation given by Mr Abdul-Kudus.
“The NPA is mindful of its regulatory mandate to be fair to all players in the country’s petroleum downstream industry and will, therefore, not pass any comments to antagonize or tarnish the reputation of any player.
“The Authority is also guided by its mandate to protect the interests of customers and attend to their concerns,” the statement concluded.
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