TOR takes measures to check illegal siphoning of fuel

The management of the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) is putting measures in place to check illegal activities at the TOR, Mr Robert B. Forson, Deputy Managing Director in charge of Operations told the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in an interview on Monday.

As part of the measures, he announced that from March, tanker drivers and their mates would start wearing common uniform for easy identification to check infiltration.

He said tanker operators have welcomed the new measures because they were also worried about people mingling with them to commit crimes that go to tarnish their image.

Mr Forson said the bushy areas around the pipelines at the premises of the refinery that has served as a hide out for criminal activities has been cleared.

He said the measures have become necessary in view of the fact that the company's security and the security agencies cannot be at every corner of the refinery to keep watch and expressed the hope that it would bring sanity into the system adding that they were liaising with the security agencies to find a lasting solution to the problem.

Last week seven people were arrested at TOR for siphoning fuel from tankers that have already been served into containers and they were put before a Tema court where they were remanded into custody to re-appear on Wednesday, February 12. They all pleaded not guilty.

They were Kwasi Donkor, unemployed, Kwasi Ahroe, apprentice electrician, Thomas Appiah, electrician, Kofi Asamoah and Kwame Adjei both drivers and Daniel Coleman and Morgan Seidu both driver's mate.