The National Petroleum Authority, NPA has in a statement reacted to allegation of illegal revenue collection by Ranking Member on Parliament's Finance Committee Ato Forson.
The statement said:"The attention of the NPA has been drawn to a statement made by MP for Ajumako-Enyan-Esiam, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson in which he accused the NPA of acting with impunity and engaging in an act of illegality by receiving revenues through the collection of the Unified Petroleum Price Fund, Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation and Fuel Marketing Margins."
According to the NPA, it's their mandate to collect, charge or receive revenue with respect to the UPPF, BOST, and Fuel Marketing Margins is derived from the NPA's regulations 2012, LI 2186 passed by the parliament of the Republic of Ghana in July 2012.
Ato Forson had blamed the rampant increase in fuel prices at the doorstep of the NPA who he said were responsible for astronomically driving up the levies.
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“These margins must be approved by an act of parliament through the Fees and Charges and Miscellaneous Legislative Instrument. Therefore, the NPA is collecting these fees illegally.
“So they are acting with impunity. So the NPA should stop collecting those fees because they are illegal."
Full statement below:
