And the gasoline shortage continues with no immediate end in sight, contrary to official pronouncements that an end to the shortage is in sight. Commerce Minister Wilson Tarpeh's remarks in a FrontPage Africa interview that both the Ministry and the LPRC were misled by the inventory in the LPRC-owned storage tanks, raises a fundamental question of who misled who? Did Professor Tarpeh arrive at such a conclusion based on his expert assessment/examination of the books of the LPRC as a professionally trained accountant with a Masters degree in Accounting?
In case he actually did, how then did he arrive at the conclusion that his Ministry and that of the LPRC were misled by the inventory in the storage tanks? How is it possible that US$4.4 million worth of petroleum would disappear into thin air without explanation? It is no secret that the LPRC is no longer engaged in the refining of petroleum, neither does it import fuel into the country. Its storage tanks are leased to the various importers who use it to their fuel. LPRC, however, provides the workforce and so it has control over the fuel.
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