THE Eastern Regional Office of the Information Services Department (ISD) has intensified public education on premix fuel within the fishing communities of the region.
The purpose of the exercise was to sensitise the fishermen to the need for changing the colour of the premix fuel from yellow to blue and adopting strategies to prevent diversion of the commodity by unscrupulous persons.
The exercise became necessary due to agitations by the fishermen in the region regarding irregular supply of the commodity to them.
A statement signed by the Regional Information Officer, Mr Akwasi Amankwaa, said the exercise, which started last month, would cover the entire region.
He said fishing communities within four districts, namely Upper Manya Krobo, Lower Manya Krobo, Asuogyaman, Kwahu East and Kwahu North (Afram Plains) had so far been covered.
The communities were Akateng, Akrusu, Akotue and Akokorma, all in the Upper Manya Krobo District, Kpong and Amedeka in Lower Manya Krobo, Kotoso, Pitiku, Adawso, Asuboni-Odumase and Nketepa in the Kwahu South and Kwahu East Districts, Kudikope, Seldrom and Survey Line, all in the Asuogyaman District.
According to the statement, the fishermen requested the Ministry of Energy to closely monitor supply of the premix fuel to the areas to avoid diversion, smuggling and other malpractices associated with the issue.
They also appealed to the government to supply them with outboard motors and other fishing gears to be paid for on a hire purchase basis.
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