Solomon Owusu is the Director of Communications for the UP
The Director of Communications for the United Party, Solomon Owusu, has shot down claims that falling global crude oil prices are responsible for recent reductions in fuel prices at Ghanaian pumps and not solely government actions.
Speaking in an interview on Joy Prime in a review of President John Dramani Mahama’s one year in office, Owusu countered the assertions by some members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) about the fuel price reduction.
He jabbed the outgone NPP government, claiming that if they were to be in power, the recent capture of the Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by the US government would have been used to explain rising fuel prices.
“As we speak, America has entered Venezuela. That country has the highest oil deposit – 303 billion barrels. Can you imagine if it was the NPP that was in power? This would have been an avenue to say that that’s why the cedi is going up. Everything must affect us,” he jabbed.
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Owusu pointed out that Ghana is a net exporter of crude oil, therefore, rising oil costs during the NPP administration should have benefitted Ghana’s export revenues and, by extension, the cedi.
“But you see, you must not buy this argument. When it comes to fuel, do you know that Ghana is a net exporter of crude? So, if the prices [of oil] are going up, it means you have to benefit from it because we are also exporting crude. If anybody comes to give you this excuse, what it means is that they do not respect you,” he said.
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Source:
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