oil importation

Coordinator for the Anti-Smuggling Taskforce on Vegetable Oil Import, Dr. Paul Amaning has revealed that, Ghana spends GH¢11 billion annually to import oil. This, he explained is because Ghanaian consumers have low or no interest in locally manufactured oil. “We have people who manufacture good oil in the country but because people do not have interest in the local oil, manufacturers are compelled to export to neighbouring country like Nigeria where they have demand for their products’’ Mr. Amaning said. Speaking with Akua Boakyewaa Yiadom on Burning Issues, the Coordinator revealed that Ghana imports oil from countries like Malaysia, Indonesia,…