By NATION REPORTERGOVERNMENT should revert to the old fuel importation system and abandon the current method of road transportation which has many flaws and proved to be economically not convenient, former Economics Association of Zambia (EAZ) president, Lubinda Haabazoka has said.Dr Haabazoka said Government should revert to importing comingled crude oil instead of using tanker trucks to bring in finished products.[ihc-hide-content ihc_mb_type=”show” ihc_mb_who=”4,5,6″ ihc_mb_template=”2″ ]He said the problem was that Oil Marketing Companies (OMC) were now reluctant to transport petroleum products because they felt that they were getting a raw deal from the monthly review of fuel prices mechanism.Dr Haabazoka said the economy was growing and it was important to explore ways of importing comingled feedstock, which could be later processed in the country.He called on the government to come up with mechanisms that would make it easy to control the pump price of fuel.Dr Haabazoka said the mechanisms to control the pump price of […]
Let’s revert to co-mingled fuel
