Consumers must pay more for high quality diesel– NPA

The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) Moses Asaga has underscored the need for consumers of fuel to pay more if feel they diesel being retailed in the country is inferior.

A global report has uncovered the flooding of Ghana’s market with toxic fuel that is threatening lives and destroying cars.

According to the report, the fuel imported into Ghana, mainly diesel is seriously toxic, sometimes 2000 times worse than the standards accepted in the EU and the USA.

The presence of sulphur determines the level of fuel quality. High levels indicate poor quality while a low level shows otherwise.

High levels of sulphur has been linked with several respiratory illnesses and car malfunctioning.

Moses Asaga revealed that Ghana has a 3000ppm level of sulphur in diesel on the market. In Europe, the level is 50ppm.

Despite the wide gap in quality, Moses Asaga said Ghana’s level is permissible within the accepted scale, hence there is no cause for alarm.

He said just as V-Power is superior to petrol, the European standard is superior to Ghana’s standard.

"If we want high quality fuel then we need to pay more… the thing is a price issue" Moses Asaga indicated.

Supporting the NPA’s assertion, the Chief Executive Officer of Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors Senyo Horsi has also said it is a matter of cost that fuel providers in Europe supply Ghana with fuel which has been described as toxic.

Senyo Horsi says if Ghanaians don’t want to pay 10-ppm price for fuel, they should expect to be supplied with what they can afford.

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