Ghana National Petroleum Tanker Drivers Union (GNPTDU) is expected to hold an emergency meeting this Sunday at Ashaiman over a new directive from National Petroleum Authority (NPA).
The new directive expects stakeholders to abide by an Energy Commission manual which regulates transportation and delivery of petroleum products.
The directive follows an ultimatum letter from the tanker drivers to the Energy Minister over his inaction about a task handed him by President Akufo-Addo last year.
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The task was to ensure that all operational challenges including underground shortage deliveries at filling stations and flow meter shortages at BOST depots are addressed.
Vice Chairman of GNPTDU, Sunday Alabi in an interview with Adom News said by this directive, the era of ill-treatment is over.
“We are very happy that NPA has finally issued this directive. It used to be mere rhetorics in the past. Now drivers will not be surcharged for any shortage which is through no fault of theirs”, he indicated.
The tanker drivers have been fighting for a major decision like this in the last 10 years and are happy with government’s commitment.
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“Now oil marketing companies will be compelled to use a standard measurement accepted by all parties”, Mr. Alabi added.
The emergency meeting is expected to school members of the Union on the use of Energy Commission’s manual and how it is going improve their operations.
Meanwhile, Sunday Alabi said they will monitor closely if the oil marketing companies will comply with the directive.
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“We will make sure that oil marketing companies abide by it. It should not be a cosmetic approach where the actual problem will return because some stakeholders have decided not to comply, he said.
This is said to end long-standing friction between the tanker drivers on one side and other stakeholders on the other.
NPA is expected to see to it that transporters abide by the welfare packages of the drivers including salary structure in the coming days.