The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) as a component of its normal activities has clasped down on some fuel stations in the Western Region that have messed with their fuel siphons.
The activity, which is being led by the Consumer Services Department at the Head Office and the Western territorial office of the NPA came following regular grumblings about certain stations changing their siphons to swindle their clients to augment benefits.
This required the unexpected visits to chosen fuel stations to actually look at the precision of their siphon conveyance to oil purchasers.
Toward the finish of the activity, the group discovered a portion of the stations at fault and thus, shut them down as they anticipate further reformatory measures to be forced on them by the NPA.
The Head of Consumer Services at the NPA, Mrs Eunice Budu Nyarko in a meeting said it is an offense for fuel administration stations to siphon fuel available to be purchased to clients underneath the necessary liter.
The group, later on, held a sensitisation program for oil shoppers in the district. Mrs Budu Nyarko advised merchants and business drivers to satisfy their urban obligation of promptly revealing fuel stations they suspect of changing their siphons to swindle clients.
They were given hotlines which they could call every minute of every day to stop their protests. She said, "when grievances are made in the span of 48 hours of the acquisition of fuel, brief examination can be completed and reality laid out before that item is sold out".
She further encouraged the general population to "purchase powers from practical filling stations since these stations are habitually observed by the NPA and consequently, the nature of their items can be ensured".
The group likewise sharpened understudies of the Takoradi Technical University, merchants at the Takoradi market circle, Jubilee Park and No.9 Markets and business drivers at the market circle on the most proficient method to utilize LPG securely.
The NPA group featured the exercises of the authority including its order and obligations to the consuming public.
Lady Cindy Andoh-Davies, a Manager at the Western provincial office of NPA implored shoppers to stick to somewhere safe conventions to forestall mishaps.
The Consumer Services Department routinely visits the districts to sharpen buyers about their freedoms and channels to send their objections for brief review by the Authority.
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