Bernard Owusu should be sacked from BOST for being COPEC member – Minister Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko has suggested Bernard Owusu, an executive member of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) Ghana, should be dismissed as a staff of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST). He questioned why a member of the civil … Read more
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has said it would soon petition the Special Prosecutor to investigative issues surrounding the sale of some 1.8 million barrels of crude oil by Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) to an oil marketing company called BB Energy, a company COPEC alleges is unlicensed. At a press conference … Read more
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC) has said it would soon petition the Special Prosecutor to investigative issues surrounding the sale of some 1.8 million barrels of crude oil by Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) to an oil marketing company called BB Energy, a company COPEC alleges is unlicensed. At a press conference … Read more
A civil society group has accused the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST), Alfred Obeng Boateng, of abuse of power in the controversial sale of five million litres of contaminated fuel. According to the Coalition for Social Justice, Mr. Obeng Boateng abused his power as a public officer in the sale, … Read more
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has been heavily criticized for selling 5 million litres of contaminated fuel to two unlicensed companies, Movepiina and Zup Oil, which were allegedly set up few days before the sale making Ghana lose about GHc 7 million in revenue. The Minister of Energy who tasked a … Read more
Some powerful state actors are involved in the recent $5 million litres contaminated fuel are working vigorously to cover the rot at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST). That is the conviction of the Exective Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah. According to him, the development is being … Read more
My attention has been drawn to a publication on Adomonline and Ghanaweb, “Akufo-Addo’s daughter fingered in BOST oil saga.” In the said publication, a member of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, is said to have described me, Edwina Akufo-Addo, on Asempa FM, as rumoured to be “deeply involved” in the contaminated fuel issue involving … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Bongo, Edward Bawa has suggested that the Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko’s decision to exonerate the CEO of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) of any wrongdoing in the contaminated fuel saga was made “under duress”. According to him, the Energy Minister’s call might have been influenced by orders … Read more
Financial analyst Sydney Casely-Hayford has called on the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) to expand its probe into activities at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to cover previous administrations as well. A BNI and National Security report, quoted by the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, exonerated the current head of BOST of any wrongdoing in … Read more
Chief Policy Analyst at the Ghana Institute of Public Policy Options (GIPPO) Dr Charles Wereko-Brobby has called for strict punitive action against all culprits found in the sale of contaminated fuel by the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). He was worried how more than two decades of “unblemished” record could easily be … Read more
Former Member of Parliament for Nanton Constituency Ibrahim Mohammed Murtala has lashed out at the Akufo-Addo-led government, saying it is already embroiled in “create, loot and share”. The term – create, loot and share – was used by a Supreme Court justice in the trial of businessman Alfred Agbesi Woyome. Mr Murtala said the sale … Read more
The Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana) has called for fresh investigations into the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) contaminated fuel saga. The Executive Director of the CDD, Professor Gyimah Boadi, told Citi News in an interview that the recent report by the BNI and National Security on the matter raised more questions … Read more
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) and the National Petroleum Authority have been dragged to court over the contaminated fuel saga. The Managing Director of BOST, Alfred Obeng, Movempinaa Energy, Zupoil and MacWest have all been joined to the suit filed by a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) called Strategic Thinkers Network-Africa. BOST had … Read more
Findings of the Bureau of National Investigations (BNI) and National Security, which exonerate the Managing Director of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST), were “at best juvenile and delinquent,” President of policy think tank, IMANI, Franklin Cudjoe, has said. The security agencies, after a probe said Mr. Alfred Obeng Boateng did no … Read more
The Minority in Parliament has described as insulting, government’s handling of the BOST fuel contamination saga. They contend that, the BNI and the Energy Ministry are engaged in a collusion to cover up the alleged rot to save the Managing Director, Alfred Obeng. The comments follow Thursday’s press conference by the Energy Ministry absolving the … Read more
Majority Caucus in Parliament has described the stance taken by the Minority Caucus on the contaminated fuel sale saga as ‘hypocritical.’ According to them, this was not the first time such incident has occurred at Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) Company. Addressing the media in Accra, last week, the majority called for a full-scale … Read more
A leading member of pressure group, OccupyGhana, Sydney Casely Hayford wants members of the governing board of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) to be hauled before Parliament over the contaminated fuel saga. According to him, they should be aware of the processes leading to the sale of contaminated fuel to some … Read more
The Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) has been honoured at the 2017 Ghana Shippers Awards ceremony organized in Accra on Friday. BOST was adjudged the Liquid Bulk Operator of the Year at the ceremony held at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra. The award comes on the back of massive backlash BOST … Read more
A Minority MP and a member of the Energy Committee in Parliament, Edward Bawa, believes the Energy Ministry’s attempt to unravel the controversies surrounding the contaminated fuel sale at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST), will be held back by staff who have kicked against calls for the interdiction of their Managing Director, Alfred … Read more
Employees of the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation (BOST) have shown bad faith by resisting calls for the CEO’s interdiction over the contaminated fuel saga, Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers, Duncan Amoah has said. The employees, in a petition addressed to the Minister of Energy, Chief of Staff, and the Minister of … Read more