What a time to fool around with gasoline! Does the LPRC not know that Christmas is throughout the world by far the busiest Season of the year? It is during this season that you see a sudden, sharp increase in the number of petty traders wheeling their wares across Monrovia. The city gets unusually densely-populated and commuting becomes unusually a headache. So, why ‘add insult to injury’ at this moment? When will these policy-makers become more proactive and forward-thinking? Does the LPRC find it any fun seeing our people struggling to get to and from one destination to the other, during this Season?
What was most disappointing was the outright dismissal of any thought of a gasoline shortage in the country. Even more disappointing was that it took the LPRC two days to come to terms with the hard fact that the major cause of the scarcity was shrouded in several major filing stations hoarding petroleum products to create the artificial shortage that has caused commuters major embarrassments beginning last week and through this week.
This leads many to doubt if the LPRC is actually in charge of the country’s petroleum business. Let this serve as a clarion call to LPRC that it needs to put its act together and take charge of the country’s petroleum business.
I welcome the news that a huge consignment of gas arrived in the country yesterday. It is my hope that next week’s vessel will arrive as well – and on schedule – and will help end the current petroleum crisis in the country.
To avoid a recurrence of this ugly situation and save the public from further embarrassment, the LPRC has to ensure robust, periodic monitoring of these private importers and distributors, whose key priority is to maximize profits, in TOTAL disregard for the beleaguered (stressed, struggling) consumers.
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