The Consumer Protection Agency of Ghana is urging Ghanaians to insist on buying fuel in litres anytime they visit fuel stations to avoid cheating at the pumps.
According to the Agency, it is the best remedy at the present moment after revelations by the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) that 57 Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) in Accra have altered their pumps to cheat unsuspecting Ghanaians.
In a press statement signed by Nana Prempeh Okogyeabour, Head of Programs and Research, investigations have revealed that several OMCs in Accra have altered the Cedi running metre of the pump while the litre metre is left to run intact since it’s the litre section used to calculate the amount of fuel sold by each attendant at a given point in time.
The statement therefore advised that consumers desist from buying fuel in Cedis and rather notify pump attendants that they wish to buy in litres because they could adjust the Cedi meter easily but not the litre aspect.
“At the station, tell the attendant you want to buy, say, 10 litres; look at the price for the day and multiply the price by the litre you want; and pay the amount. Anything above this is cheating.”