Deputy Information Minister Explains Reason For The Increment of Pump Price of Fuel

The Deputy Minister for Information and Civic Education, Yusuf Keketoma Sandi has explained some of the reasons for the increment of the pump price for fuel in the country as well as calling on the transport sector not to use that as a means to exploit the citizens of this country.

The increment in the pump price was made in a Press Release dated 1^st August, 2023 in which the Petroleum Regulatory Agency (PRA) announced the new price moving from Nle 21.50 to Nle 25.00.

This came with mixed feelings among Sierra Leoneans and there have been different comments since then on the change in price with the current economic trend in the country.

In rolling out the reasons which can also be seen as a response to many of the unanswered questions from citizens, the deputy information minister maintained that he is aware of the fact that these are difficult times but it cannot be holistically attributed to the government but to some other external circumstances refereeing to the Ukraine Russia war, the exchange rate and the prices of the petroleum products that are out of the control of the government. He added that it is affecting countries in the world and not only Sierra Leone.

He said the government is very concerned to seek the welfare of the citizens and the increment in the pump price would have been done for a long time now, but the government has been intervening to have things stable for the past six (6) months and if the government decide to let things go just like that, the pump price would have even been more than 25.00 per liter. The government has decided to suffer a huge amount of loss just to have the price stable at Nle 25.00.

He assured the people of Sierra Leone to be very confident in the government and expressed their total commitment to ensure that things are done in the right way to have the country developed for the people.

He called on the executive in the transport sector not to exploit the citizens as they have all agreed on the transport fare from one point to the other at different points and locations in the country. He called on them to comply with the affixed price and not to go contrary.

Comment(s)

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Alieumansaray | 2023-08-06 19:49:02

Useless thieves are talking about Ukraine and Russia again in sierra leone. Ukraine and Russia have nothing to do with fuel pump. We know that you add the price so that you can use that money to pay nec workers. We know about that so please don't try to stupid us.
| 2023-08-05 02:36:09

This is a failure on the part of the government, I ask this question “Can the SLPP government land the country to a safer side for the masses to benefit somehow
| 2023-08-04 23:01:26

Am just tired of all this excuses since there is no more freedom of speech ,I try to be moderate
John Sesay | 2023-08-04 21:42:08

You are tell the transport sector not to explote the people while you are busy exploiting the country shame on you 😜😜😜😜
| 2023-08-04 17:57:58

What is the cost of petroleum products at the world market?..
| 2023-08-04 16:28:20

Aaa sierra Leone we are really suffering in the hand of this government called paopa,by Yusuf Ali samura.
| 2023-08-04 16:17:54

These mambo jambo excuses are just lazy excuses for an incompetent administration who are bent on just propaganda to stay in power to continue plunging the nation to a backwards reteogression. People with integrity will not rigged an election to stay in power.sad state.
Hassan Abu Kamara | 2023-08-04 15:32:58

The problem of pump price fuel is sometime not the direct pain of the people of sierra leone, but the contrary cost from one point to another by transportation sector is the direct problem. Government should ensure those in the transport sector to demand the actual amount stated on the agreement, so an increment will not not the course to alarm. By: Hassan Abu.