The Sekondi Landing Beach Committee has raised GH¢126,000 towards community development within ten months, according to figures presented during the Premix Accountability Series in the Western Region.
The disclosure was made as landing beach committees from Sekondi, New Takoradi, and Abuesi publicly accounted for their stewardship of premix fuel allocations and proceeds for the 2025 operational year.
Administrator of the National Premix Fuel Secretariat, Ebow Mensah, said the figures demonstrate what is possible when premix margins are properly tracked and managed in line with the law.
The landing beach committees of New Takoradi in the Takoradi metropolis also raised GHS59,000 for community development, whereas Abuesi in the Shama district also realised GHS102,000.
“The committees indicated the consignments they received, the sales they made, and the amount that accrued to the community development fund. This is exactly how the system is supposed to work,” he said.
Under L.I. 2233, 53 per cent of premix fuel margins must be reserved for community development and paid into a designated bank account controlled through agreed signatory arrangements.
Mr Mensah stressed that the fund is intended to support projects that benefit the entire fishing community, including sanitation, safety infrastructure, and livelihood-related initiatives.
“These are funds that belong to the community,” he said. “When communities can see the figures and verify the bank balances, trust improves and conflict reduces.”
He added that the Secretariat intends to encourage quarterly public accounting at landing beaches so that fisherfolk can decide, through consultation, how their community funds should be used.