The Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) supports the crackdown on smuggled vegetable oil in the Ghanaian market led by the Tree Crop Development Authority, Oil Palm Development Association of Ghana, Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, and National Security.
On Tuesday, February 26, 2024, several suspected shops selling smuggled vegetable oil were closed down, and eight shops were ordered to cease operations, with some attendants taken in for investigation.
Tsonam Akpeloo, the Greater Accra Regional Chairman of AGI, commended the taskforce’s action, stating that it is a positive step.
He emphasized AGI’s longstanding advocacy for such initiatives and dismissed claims of scarcity of locally made vegetable oil, asserting that local products are readily available in the market.
“This is extremely welcoming news and AGI is in total support of this initiative. In fact, this is one of the initiatives that we have been asking the government to undertake for several years now. It appears too late, but it is always better late than never,” he said.
“That is not accurate. It is not accurate because our local manufacturers of cooking oil are all over the market. In fact, even the Association of Distributors acknowledges how our products are readily available in the market.
Akpeloo emphasized AGI’s commitment to expanding markets for locally produced goods while condemning the act of importing smuggled products into the country.
The anti-smuggling oil exercise initiated in the Greater Accra Region targeted shops in Kasoa, Mallam Market, McCarthy Hill, and Adabraka.
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