"Fuel Supply: Former NPA CEO hints of shortage by October as forex crunch hit banks"

" \n Fuel Supply: Former NPA CEO hints of shortage by October as forex crunch hit banks \n \n\n \n Former Chief Executive Officer of National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Alex Mould, has hinted of fuel shortage in the country amid a forex crunch currently facing banks in the country. \n \n\n \n According to Mr Mould, banks are not providing sufficient foreign currency needed to meet the payment of their maturing Letter of Credits (LCs) issued to international fuel traders. \n \n\n \n \u201cThe banks are crying out that the Bank of Ghana is not able to provide enough foreign currencies through its forex auctions, to meet their trading partners needs. \n \n\n \n \u201cThis is causing BDC\u2018s to max out on their credit-line limits with their banks, and the implication is that the banks will no longer be able to finance fuel imports by October\u201d, he stated in an interview. \n \n\n \n \u201cThe, current situation, if not addressed, could prove disastrous for the country as this could trigger a domino effect and\u00a0 even imports of essential commodities could come to a grinding halt. \n \n\n \n \"As it stands, not only fuel shortage is imminent, but food items such as rice, sugar, protein food (fish, meats) and bakery products, it could be a bleak Christmas this year\u201d, he added \n \n\n \n To salvage the situation, Mr Mould proffered that, \u201cGovernment needs to act decisively and quickly before International Banks\u2019 Credit and Country Risk teams start reviewing downwards their Country-limits to Ghana, if they have not already done so since S&P's recent downgrade . \n \n\n \n Such actions by the local bank\u2019s International partners will cause a FX credit crunch resulting in defaults by Ghanaian importers to their suppliers. This would only trigger a scramble for the scarce foreign exchange which could send the cedi spiraling in a free fall. \n \n\n \n \u201cGoG only choice is to accelerate their discussions with IMF to enter into an immediate Bridge-program whilst working on the main Take-Out Program ,which sources suggest will kick in sometime in first quarter of 2023,\" he remarked. \n "

"Fuel Supply: Former NPA CEO hints of shortage by October as forex crunch hit banks"

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