Stop siphoning fuel from tankers involved in road crashes – NPA warns

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has issued a warning to the public against siphoning fuel from petrol and LPG tankers that are involved in road accidents.

This caution comes in response to a growing number of reports indicating that residents are hurrying to accident sites to collect fuel that is leaking from overturned or damaged tankers.

During his address at the National LPG Forum in Accra on Thursday, November 27, the Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, characterised this behaviour as extremely hazardous and a significant threat to public safety.

He emphasised that incidents involving fuel and LPG tankers are highly volatile and pose serious risks to individuals.

“The major accidents that have occurred within the downstream often tend to be associated with LPG. I want to use this platform to encourage as many of our countrymen and women that when an LPG or fuel tanker is down, please don’t go with your gallon or cylinder,” he said.

“Your life is more important than GHȼ200 or GHȼ250. If you have life, [you can get the GHȼ250], but you go and fetch petroleum products simply because there is an accident. Beyond it being a question of theft, why do you want to risk your life, because at that point anything can happen,” Mr. Tameklo cautioned.