Amepetrol

 The Mozambican Association of Oil Companies (AMEPETROL) claims that the country has a sufficient amount of fuel to meet demand. The pronouncement follows some news items suggesting a possible fuel shortage in the country’s oil companies. Amepetrol secretary general Ricardo Cumbe explained to consumers that this is incorrect. “We don’t have any problems with stocks at the moment. There was a situation of misinformation on social networks, and the information being circulated did not correspond to the truth. Consumers should not panic. Continue to lead life in a normal way; do not become agitated,” he advised.

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Cumbe clarified that the difficulties recently presented by the association referring to the mismatch between the price of imported fuel and that charged in the country were a matter of record, but that the issue was already the subject of contacts with the government. Prime Minister Agostinho Maleiane recently ruled out the possibility of state subsidies to some subsectors, including fuel, as a way of addressing the rise in prices caused by the war in Ukraine.