Seal and GPS beacon framework ought not be denounced totally - Ministry of Energy

The Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Energy, Kwesi Obeng-Fosu, says the National Petroleum Authority's (NPA) recently presented seal and GPS beacon framework ought not be denounced completely.

There have been a few worries by partners over the utilization of the seal and GPS beacon framework.

His remark is in response to worries by the Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers' Union that the presentation of the seal and GPS beacons on oil big haulers have brought about some out of line treatment by the specialists.

"These out of line medicines come as off-base allegations of messing with seals and rebuffing an entire gathering of drivers for the supposed offense of one big hauler driver. This is generally out of line!" the association pushed in an explanation reporting its plunk down strike.

Likewise, the big hauler drivers said the global positioning framework is being utilized to rebuff drivers and carriers for an obligatory wellbeing and security prerequisite that guides drivers to pause and rest after at regular intervals of driving.

"Each quit during transportation is seen and portrayed as redirection, to be trailed by correctional approvals. We subsequently request that this crooked and unreasonable treatment stop right away!" the assertion added.

Nonetheless, that's what kwesi Obeng-Fosu contends despite the fact that there may be a few difficulties with the new framework, it can't be an overall issue.

He made sense of that the framework is assisting the NPA with following the fuel transportation space proficiently, in this way, the whole framework can't be deserted because of a couple of hitches to a great extent.

"I accept it will be pockets of issues, it won't be a general issue on the grounds that not every person is grumbling about it.

"On the off chance that it happens that the vehicle is at the gantry point and, there is a sign to the global positioning framework that something is going on, and you're ready to demonstrate that you've not even moved out and this thing set off, I mean we can sit and examine this and track down a genial answer for it.

"So it isn't something that we can stay here and say overall that the global positioning framework has fizzled. It is working; assisting NPA with following space," he said on JoyNews' PM Express, Wednesday.

He further expressed that the framework doesn't simply check for redirections, siphoning and debasement of fuel being shipped, yet additionally keeps an eye on the amount and nature of fuel being apportioned the nation over.

"That regardless, even in the tanks at the different distributing focuses the global positioning framework has been introduced profound where it counts in the tanks and it is illuminating the NPA regarding the degree of fuel, quality and stuff. So it isn't simply contaminating and redirection and siphoning, it is additionally accomplishing more than we as a whole know," he said.

"So I accept assuming there are issues with it, we shouldn't simply censure the entire framework completely, we ought to take a gander at the different issues, pass on and examine them and afterward iron things and continue on. So to in any event, police that space, the controller has every one of the freedoms to place in a framework that will assist them with checking," he added.

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