Fuel prices would have surged under NPP over Maduro abduction claims – Edudzi Tameklo

The Acting Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Edudzi Tameklo, has taken a swipe at the New Patriotic Party (NPP), suggesting that under its administration, even unrelated international events could be used to justify increases in fuel prices.

According to Mr. Tameklo, if the NPP were still in power, an incident as distant as the alleged abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would have been cited as a reason to raise fuel prices in Ghana.

He made the remark to underscore what he described as the previous government’s tendency to link global developments—regardless of their direct relevance—to domestic fuel price hikes.

Mr. Tameklo argued that such explanations often placed unnecessary burdens on consumers and lacked a clear connection to Ghana’s petroleum pricing fundamentals. His comments form part of a broader critique of fuel price management under the former administration and a defense of the current approach to pricing within the downstream petroleum sector.

The statement has since sparked debate, with critics and supporters weighing in on whether fuel price adjustments under past governments were adequately justified or overly influenced by external events.