BDCs Begin Fuel Distribution to Ease Acute Shortage of the Commodity 

Bulk Oil Distribution Companies (BDCs) have started discharging fuel to ease the acute fuel shortage that has hit Accra and other parts of the country.

This follows the payment of more than 400 million cedis owed the BDCs by government. 

The Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Bulk Oil Distribution Companies, Senyo Hosi, disclosed this to Radio Ghana's Bubu Klinogo in an interview in Accra Today.

According to Mr. Hosi, the release of the monies by government, would by Wednesday July 2, 2014 bring the situation under normalcy. 

He said already some BDCs in Tema and its environs have begun distributing the commodity, adding "on Monday we are expecting more BDCs to have some financial releases from the banks and they too will commence distribution".

He said the release of petroleum products will focus on Accra because the nation's capital has been hardest hit with the shortages.

The Bulk Distribution Companies suspended their services, saying government owes them to the  tune of GH₵1.5 billion, although the figure has been disputed by the Finance Ministry.

GBC