National Democratic Congress (NDC) MP for Bongo, Edward Abambire Bawa  last night launched scathing attack on the minister of Energy, blaming him for negligence of duty.

Mr Bawa's explosive remarks  come at the back of a report on Thursday that pre-mix fuel that was  meant for fishermen has been diverted to the pumps stations and sold to unsuspecting motorists.

He is also urging the minister for fisheries to resign if reports about his brother being the  chairman of the National Premix committee "is true".

The Energy Ministry, reacting to the report, has ordered the Fisheries Ministry to probe the companies alleged to be complicit in the fuel diversion.

But in a press release , the Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, said the minister in the first place,was "not candid with Ghanaian."

"The Minister for Energy on November 23, 2017, in a response to a parliamentary question posed by me, told parliament that, as a measure to ensuring that off spec petroleum products do not get to our pump stations, NPA was using tracking devices on BRVs and a marking scheme to monitor the movements of all petroleum products," the statement read.

"This recent development proves that the Minister was not candid with Ghanaians. This is because, as at the time the Minister was making this statement, an agency under his supervision knew that an off spec product, in the form of premix fuel, was being sold at our pump stations."

"This indicates that, the Minister can no longer be trusted to protect consumers against the sale of contaminated petroleum products in the country."

On the report that allegation that the brother of the minister for fisheries is in the chairman of the National Premix committee, Mr Bawa  said: "What is more worrying is that, the chairman of the National Premix committee, who is a brother of the Minister for Fisheries (the appointing authority)is being alleged to be behind this scandal. If this is true, the Minister must, as a matter public morality and good governance resign."

He has  therefore urged Legislative arm of Government to set up a bipartisan committee to investigate the incident, while condemned the for its "unwillingness to tackle the problem."

"I am therefore calling on Parliament to, as a matter of urgency, set up a bipartisan committee to investigate this development, as the executive led by H.E. Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has demonstrated it's  unwillingness to tackle the problem for reasons best known to them," the statement added.

By Fiifi Abdul Malik/ghanaguardian.com