Maverick politician Kofi Wayo is fuming over recent increases in the price of petroleum products and says that petrol can be sold at GH4.00 (Four Ghana Cedis).
Petrol currently sells at GH22.00 (Twenty Two Ghana Cedis) per gallon, the highest price since independence on March 6, 1957.
Mr. Wayo was speaking on “Good Morning Africa”, a magazine programme on Pan African Television. He described frequent increases in the price of petroleum products as highly insensitive.
“How can you pay workers only 20 cents an hour and asked them to pay astronomical prices for petroleum products,” he asked.
Mr. Wayo said today Ghanaian workers have to work for two and a half hours to earn enough to buy a newspaper.
He also strongly opposed the privatization of aspects of the work of the Volta River Authority (VRA). Mr. Wayo said it does not make sense for the Government of Ghana to spend the country’s resources buying fuel for independent power producers.
“How independent are they when they depend on the government for their fuel supply” he asked.
He claimed that the problem with the Energy Sector is that President Akuffo-Addo has appoints party loyalists rather than experts to run the sector. “If I am given the opportunity I will solve these problems in three months,” he claimed.
Source: The insight
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Hello Sir pls I'm from ashaiman.pls I beg u because of god,help me.we have money problem.to eat is not easy because we have no money. Pls I beg u because of god.help me with some money to do some business to help my family. Thanks.God bless u more sir
this guy is hungry now that ndc is in opposition. i though he has been incapacitated. he has been quiet when ndc was in power. ***barred word***.
It is only the insight that will publish this thrash.Kwesi Pratt and Kofi Wayo could have used their skills help the NDC sold fuel at 3 cedis.Hahahahaha.noise makers.
Well said. Who are the real consumers of these products. Is it the poor or the rich in Ghana who can afford it. My only worry is how the government utilizes the revenue from the increases.
It is slowly becoming apparent that most of the press and television stations in Ghana are only interested in comedians and mediocre reportage otherwise why give a platform to such a clown? As stated by Ekow, after making so much noise over the years and was given an opportunity to perform, what did we see except joining the gravy train of LOOTERS. A man whose so called office for his supposed political party was nothing more than a container on someones land which was full of weed and could not even have the weed cleared. With the exception of only a very few oil rich countries in the world, most countries are having to contend with high fuel prices due to price determination by OPEC and the local taxes that a nation decides to levy. In the UK for example, 65% of the fuel price at the pumps are taxes (a liter of petrol in the Uk at present is around £1.20 and based on the exchange rate that will be GHC6.84 per liter). If Ghanaians want the taxes on fuel to be reduced then they should all play their part in helping reduce the amount of revenue leakages within the country to enable the current and future governments to have the funds required to help build the country.
Look at him President Mills gave you an opportunity to serve on the Energy Commission what did you do?Do you think solving the energy problems of Ghana is talking big and showing your pictures smoking cigar.Geeeerrruuut