Kwahu Kotoso Rocks By Premix Fuel Scarcity -Affecting Fishing Activities

The boat operators in the various fishing communities along the Afram River who usually ply the Kwahu Kotoso market in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region have lamented that the shortage of premix fuel in their communities has resulted in untold economic hardship for the people.

Kwahu Kotoso Rocks By Premix Fuel Scarcity -Affecting Fishing Activities
Kwahu Kotoso Rocks By Premix Fuel Scarcity -Affecting Fishing Activities

The boat operators in the various fishing communities along the Afram River who usually ply the Kwahu Kotoso market in the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region have lamented that the shortage of premix fuel in their communities has resulted in untold economic hardship for the people.

Speaking in an interview with Daily Analyst yesterday on behalf of the boat operators in Kwahu Kotoso, the members of the Afram Boats Union of the Kwahu East District of the Eastern Region stressed that they were an event at the Kwahu Kotoso market this morning Tuesday, June 21, 2022, and that they combed all the landing sites of the premix fuel in Kotoso but they never got the fuel to buy to power their outboard motors.

The Chairman of the Afram Boats Union, Mr. Doh Tsegah noted that the Kwaku Kotoso and its surrounding fishing communities have been hit by the premix fuel shortage.

For some days now, he disclosed that the fisher folks and boat operators in Kwahu Kotoso and its environs have not received premix fuel for their operation.

This is affecting their operations as traveling on the Afram River is the major means of transportation in the area.

The Kwahu Kotoso is a major market hub in the Eastern Region.

“We have a shortage of premix fuel here it is affecting business and movement here, boat owners are not getting it as well as fishermen and the situation has become unbearable," Mr. Doh disclosed.

According to him, fishermen are unable to go about their daily business activities due to the shortage of fuel.

Other residents are also unable to move within the towns, for various purposes due to the unavailability of the fuel to power the canoes.

Mr. Doh told this reporter that they have held a meeting with the District Chief Executive of Kwahu East Assembly, Mr. Isaac Agyapong to intervene in solving the issues that have resulted in the shortage of fuel.

The DCE, he said, had assured the fisherfolks that all those bottlenecks that led to the shortage would be dealt with immediately to bring relief to the people.

“In the communities, almost everywhere we go we have to cross a river, and, so, if there is no fuel to power the boats just imagine what will happen.

“Already, the situation is creating serious economic hardship for the people, they cannot sell and buy, and businesses are collapsing,” he said.

He added: “Patients of the over a bank of Afram River are unable to go to pharmacies to purchase drugs to treat their condition, and, so, the shortage has resulted in serious economic hardship for the people.”

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Pix: Mrs. Mavis Hawa Koomson, Minister for Fisheries And Aquaculture Development