The National Petroleum Au­thority (NPA) has announced comprehen­sive measures to help address the pockets of shortage of petrol in the north­ern part of the country using a three-pronged approach.

The comprehensive measures, the NPA said, was adopted fol­lowing a meeting held on Friday by the Technical Committee on energy set up by the Chief of  Staff to discuss modalities in order to resolve the issue.

This was contained in a press statement issued and signed by the Corporate Affairs Director­ate of the NPA and copied the Ghanaian Times on Friday. "Following reports of pockets of shortage of petrol in the northern part of the country, the Technical Committee on energy set up by the Chief of Staff, met today, January 10, 2025, to discuss modalities to resolve the issue", the statement elaborated. "The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) wishes to as­sure the general public that there is no cause for alarm.

The logi­cal challenge identified is being comprehensively resolved using a three-pronged approach," it added.