Tema, May 28, GNA – Mr Kwaku Agyeman-Duah, Industry Coordinator of Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMC) has cautioned the public to be vigilant while buying fuel at any service stations.
Mr Agyeman–Duah said some unscrupulous Filling Station Attendants have developed ways of exploiting the customers.
He called on the public not be victims to some of the unscrupulous activities by the attendants who have devised means of distracting the buyers with the aim of illegally engaging on conducts that violated the ethics and standards of Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)operations.
Mr Agyemang-Duah who is also the AOMC Executive Director stated during the third: “End of Month Stakeholder Engagement and Workers Appreciation Day,” seminar organized by the Ghana News Agency Tema Regional Office which is a platform rolled-out for state and non-state actors to address national issues.
The event also served as a motivational mechanism to recognize the editorial contribution of reporters towards national development in general and growth and promotion of the Tema GNA as the industrial news hub.
Speaking on: “Six years after petroleum price deregulation: analysis of impact on OMCs and the economy,” Mr Agyeman-Duah described as unacceptable any behaviour which seeks to cheat the customer.
He said every fuel station had a measuring can which helped to check the accuracy of fuel delivery adding that every customer who felt cheated could request to check from the visigauge to confirm the quantity of product supplied.
“It is your right to request for a visigauge to check the quantity of fuel supplied to you from the station manager anytime you feel cheated, there are checks and balances in the sector,” he said.
He added that “if the station manager would not want to cooperate, one could report the issue to National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Association of Oil Marketing Companies or the head office of the Filling Station.
He said the customer was an important party in the oil marketing space as such, they were to raise an alarm “if they were not satisfied with the service of some attendants”.
He said the inappropriate conduct of some of the stakeholders in the oil marketing businesses was of great concern to the OMCs and culprits would be dealt with accordingly.
The third GNA-Tema Stakeholder Engagement and Workers Appreciation Day seminar, was attended by the National Commission for Civic Education, Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority, and the Tema Regional Police Command.
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