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Fuel attendants’ salaries: Local OMCs paying better than foreign-owned companies

A report by the Center for Environmental Management and Sustainable Energy (CEMSE) has revealed that Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) with dealer-owned, mostly foreign filling stations, poorly pay their fuel attendants with salaries ranging from GH₵600 per month to GH₵1,200 per month.

However, local OMCs which fully own their filling stations have salaries ranging from GH₵1250 per month to GH₵2,000 per month.

OMCs like Star Oil, Zen Petroleum and Dessert Oil were found to pay their workers well compared to the others.

The study also showed that some OMCs do not pay Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) contributions for their staff.

Contrary to expectations, the surge in sales volumes of the industry was anticipated to improve the welfare of the employees within the end of the value chain of petroleum distribution and marketing but the result is the opposite.