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 Member of Parliament for Assin South Constituency in the Central Region, Rev John Ntim Fordjour, has asked Ghanaian businessmen and women to slow down on the increasing investments in fuel stations and look for other avenues. The Assin South legislator said “I will throw a challenge to Ghanaian businessmen to tone down the appetite … Read more
Think-tank Strategic Thinkers Network (STRANEK) has lauded a move by government to look into the procedures that led to the award of an original $34 million contract by the Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) for a software overhaul of its system. The award to Perfect Business Systems and Silverlake Consortium of Malaysia has … Read more
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Member of Parliament for the Bongo constituency, Edward Bawa has said the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was not given proper briefing on the contaminated fuel scandal that hit the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). President Akufo-Addo for the first time spoke on the BOST issue during … Read more
Member of Parliament for Bongo in the Upper East Region Edward Abambire Bawa says President Akufo-Addo’s performance at the Tuesday’s media encounter clearly shows he is not on top of issues in the country. He argued answers given by the President at his maiden media encounter Tuesday is a clear indications that he is not … Read more
The Committee set up to investigate the contaminated fuel saga at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) will continue its work in spite of Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) and the National Petroleum Agency’s (NPA) report clearing the Managing Director, according to the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. BOST came under the spotlight … 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
The Executive Director of the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah, has suggested that illegalities in the sale of contaminated fuel is more costly than illegal mining hence requires a strong political will and adequate resources to tackle it. According to him, Ghana lost about GH¢850 million in just one year as a result of … Read more
The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers of Ghana (COPEC), has alleged that some illegal fuel dealers are harbouring the supposed contaminated fuel belonging to the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST) in Tema and Kpone in the Greater Accra Region. Following the public uproar over BOST’s sale of 5 million litres of contaminated fuel … 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
There are reports that corruption is the root cause of the economic collapse of many countries in the world. In today’s nepotic, and tribalistic Ghana, institutional corruption is increasingly difficult to detect, deter and prosecute. This is particularly true when the alleged wrongdoing involves party apparatchiks or even financiers. In a society like ours, where … Read more
The Eastern Region Vice Chairman of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has charged the daughter of the President, Edwina Akufo-Addo, who is being accused of having knowledge in the BOST saga, to go to court to clear her name. Nana Fredua Agyeman Ofori-Attah says: “It is very disappointing because what they are doing to … Read more
Ms Edwina Akufo-Addo, daughter of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has rejected media reports linking her to the fuel contamination saga involving the Bulk Oil Storage & Distribution (BOST) Company Limited. According to her, she has no business neither with BOST nor Movenpinaa Energy or Zupoil, the companies involved in the purchase of some 5 million … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo’s daughter, Edwina Akufo-Addo, has denied ever being involved in the scandalous BOST contaminated oil saga, and demanded an apology from the NDC member who made the ‘false’ claim. Sammy Gyamfi was reported to have said on Asempa FM, that Edwina is rumoured to be “deeply involved” in the contaminated fuel issue involving … Read more
Edwina Akufo-Addo, the daughter of President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo-Addo has denied any involvement in the contaminated fuel saga raging at the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited (BOST). Ms Akufo-Addo was responding to claims reportedly made by a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Sammy Gyamfi, that there were rumours linking the … 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