The Minority in Parliament has served notice that they will use all available means to haul to parliament the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid to answer questions about the alleged 600,000 barrels of oil bought from Russia.

This development follows a news report carried by Bloomberg that Ghana received 600,000 barrels of crude from Russia despite a ban on doing business with the country following their invasion of Ukraine. .

However, according to reports, some sources within the NPA says the oil is actually coming from Kazakhstan for a private firm by the name Planton.

On the basis of this contradiction, Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu and Ranking Member on the Mines and Energy Committee, John Abu Jinapor says the NPA owes Ghanaians the responsibility to clarify where exactly the crude came from.

Speaking on Accra-based Citi TV, John Abu Jinapor noted that “the NPA owes the people of Ghana a responsibility, not a favour, to tell Ghanaians what the situation is, more especially, when an international organization such as Bloomberg quotes the CEO of NPA assuring that the vessel would be turned back. The NPA gives approval and authorization before that product can be discharged in Ghana. Even before that product can get to our port, the NPA must have given some prior approval for the vessel to berth.”

“So, the NPA is becoming only mischievous. We demand some answers from the NPA because its CEO is paid by the taxpayer. If they do not respond, we will use the necessary parliamentary processes to ensure that the NPA as a state institution is held liable, accountable and answerable to the people of Ghana”, he added.