The attention of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has been drawn to a publication purporting
that the Head of Communications of the Authority, Mr. Mohammed Abdul-Kudus, has suggested that
the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM) will eliminate cheating at the filling stations.
The purported statement, which was couched from an interview that he granted to an Accra-based
radio station, was captured in the headline but the content of the story does not support that rendition.
Mr. Abdul-Kudus spoke about the concerns raised by customers regarding the integrity of the filled
cylinders under the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM).
He sought to explain that the filling of the cylinders under the CRM was automated at the bottling plants
and that customers were assured of the right quantity of LPG they would be paying for at the exchange
points. He further assured that customers who are still doubtful will have access to scales at the
exchange points to weigh their cylinders and verify the correct quantities. The media house that
conducted the interview carried the story on their online portal with the correct headline: “NPA allays
fears of gas cheating under cylinder recirculation model.”
The NPA has since drawn the attention of the media house to the misrepresentation and the need for it
to effect the correction to represent the explanation given by Mr. Abdul-Kudus.
The NPA is mindful of its regulatory mandate to be fair to all players in the country’s petroleum
downstream industry, and will therefore not pass any comments to antagonize or tarnish the reputation
of any player.
The Authority is also guided by its mandate to protect the interests of customers and attend to their
concerns.
Thank you.
Signed
Corporate Affairs Directorate
Thursday 22nd August, 2024
