High amount of manganese in fuel is not the result of the gold-for-oil scheme – BOST

According to the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company Limited, any reported high amount of manganese in fuel is not the result of the gold-for-oil scheme.

BOST released a statement on Monday, November 27, 2023, stating: “We wish to state unequivocally that, we have not imported any product under the policy which is off the specifications per the regulations of the National Petroleum Authority and the product specifications of the Ghana Standard Authority”.

“We, therefore, implore the public to disregard the claims of our detractors regarding the importation of manganese-laden fuel.”

According to BOST, the Ghana Standard Authority’s quality test was completed on each of the 23 cargoes it has imported thus far using the policy, and none of them failed.

It asked customers to “grant the regulatory authority of the petroleum downstream the time and space to investigate the exact source of the said product and also to tighten the regime to clamp out the room for the importation of potentially problematic products onto the market” .

“We shall continue to import products from safe sources without compromising on quality standards and leverage the volumes to serve the market at reasonable prices to beat down the cost of living in the country.”

Read the full statement below:

Source: Ghanatodayonline.com