Petroleum Tanker Drivers Strike: Repair Roads Connecting TOR And Different Depots Instantly To Avert Nationwide Disaster – Minority To Gov’t | Politics

The Minority in Parliament has taken be aware of a real determination taken by the Petroleum Tanker Drivers beneath the Ghana Nationwide Petroleum Tanker Drivers and Petroleum Fuel Drivers Union to embark on a sit-down strike over the deplorable situation of the Tema Oil Refinery to Kpone street within the Better Accra Area.

An announcement signed by John Abdulai Jinapor, Rating Member, Mines and Power Committee on behalf of the Minority group stated, “the motion by the federal government in Assin North factors to at least one truth, that they’ve priorities, and the minority in Parliament believes that fixing the roads connecting to those main depots needs to be one among such priorities.”

Learn beneath full assertion from the Minority

GOVERNMENT MUST FIX THE ROADS CONNECTING TO TEMA OIL REFINERY AND OTHER PETROLEUM DEPOTS IN ORDER TO AVERT A NATIONAL CRISIS.

The Minority in Parliament has taken be aware of a real determination taken by the Petroleum Tanker Drivers beneath the Ghana Nationwide Petroleum Tanker Drivers and Petroleum Fuel Drivers Union to embark on a sit-down strike over the deplorable situation of the Tema Oil Refinery to Kpone street within the Better Accra Area.

We’ve additionally famous that Tanker automobiles with a great deal of petroleum merchandise from the nation’s petroleum enclaves in Takoradi, Kumasi and Buipe, have withdrawn their providers insisting they won’t resume work till the deplorable roads resulting in these depots are rehabilitated.

Data reaching us signifies that the strike motion is already having a detrimental impression on petroleum provides with reported shortages of LPG and different merchandise in some components of the nation.

It needs to be famous that the Petroleum merchandise being transported on these deplorable roads are extremely inflammable and has the potential of compromising the protection of drivers and pedestrians.

The Minority needs to make an pressing and passionate name on the Akuffo-Addo/Bawumia led Authorities to chorus from the standard lackluster strategy and present dedication in direction of addressing the real considerations of the Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union with quick impact to avert the pending nationwide disaster.

We want to state emphatically that we utterly reject the excuse by the Authorities communicators that the nation is broke following the fast deployment of street contractors to finish some main roads within the Assin North Constituency through the interval of the lately held by-elections.

The motion by the federal government in Assin North factors to at least one truth, that they’ve priorities, and the minority in Parliament believes that fixing the roads connecting to those main depots needs to be one among such priorities.

By this launch, we name on the federal government to repair the stated roads with quick impact.

-Signed-

Hon. John Abdulai Jinapor
(Rating Member, Mines and Power Committee)