Refine Your Own Crude Oil Now!- Afful Manu urges government

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP),Mr. Afful Manu Benjamin, has urged government to clear all Joy FM, The Inquisitor And Herald In Big Trouble impeding the effective and efficient commercial operationalization of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

Refine Your Own Crude Oil Now!- Afful Manu urges government

A leading member of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP),Mr. Afful Manu Benjamin, has urged government to clear all Joy FM, The Inquisitor And Herald In Big Trouble impeding the effective and efficient commercial operationalization of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR).

According to Mr. Benjamin, who is also known in political circle as Nsawkaw-dehyeɛ, holds the views that petroleum products will be cheaper should Ghana refines her own oil drilled from the various oil fields from the Cape Three Points from the Western Region.
The businessman who also doubles who doubles as the Proprietor of Star of Africa Montessori Academy(SAMA) observed that Ghana is blessed with the product and one way to lessen the burden on the citizens is reduced petroleum products.
"That can be if we refine our petroleum products here. We Will not have to gather so much dollars to go and buy petroleum products into the country," he suggested.
Mr. Afful called on the government to provide the refinery with all it requires to  operate to refine crude oil in the country and this he said will abate the increasing inflationary indicators on fuel prices in Ghana.
Speaking in an interview with Soireenews.com, businessman lamented about the situation. 
"Currently, Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) has the arrangement to do third party refining which will not allow the refinery to derive 100 percent profit from its activities",the NPP man noted.
According to him, if TOR is able to refine its own crude oil at its full capacity, it will provide Ghanaians with cheaper petroleum product prices, something the will positively impact cost of living.
The SAMA Proprietor urged the government to courageously set up measures to mitigate the challenges as situations of that magnitude presents great opportunities embedded in it.
He appealed to the government to practically introduce measures that  will abate the personal interest and greediness at the country's oil refinery.
He said "if that is successfully executed, it will set the country on the path of prosperity and self-reliance."
Story: Prosper Kwaku Selassy Agbitor