According to the Ministry press release, the Crisis Committee, amongst others things will discuss, investigates what led to the gasoline crisis and take appropriate actions to avoid the recurrence of the matter. The Crisis Committee comprises the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, National Port Authority, Liberia Petroleum Refinery Company (LPRC) and importers across the country. “We have been meeting here (Commerce Ministry) daily from 9:30 AM, we also will continue to meet to discuss the crisis until we can overcome the problem,” Minister Tarpeh said. Minister Tarpeh also disclosed that the National Port Authority has begun taking measures to ensure that larger vessels berth at the Port. The Liberian Commerce Minister told the news conference that the Ministry’s initial statement that there was sufficient quantity in Country was based on figures (inventory data) provided by importers.

Source: GNN Liberia February 09, 2020 21:22 UTC