The Ghanaian news site quotes the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) as saying that planned action by a lobby group and a union - the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (Copec) and Industrial and Commercial Workers Union (ICU) - is unjustified.

The NPA adds that it has made "price stabilisation interventions over the past three months", calling the decision to protest "anything but noble". The price of petrol rose by up to 4% in January, according to Copec. Now a further 2% increase has been predicted for February by The Institute of Energy Security (IES) think tank.

News site CitiFM says industry watchers want transparency on how prices are being stablised.

Frustrated Ghanaians have been airing their views on Twitter:

Soudiata Keita @francisdon2

A ltr of fuel for 4.690 cedis  in Ghana ? I really can't believe we are buying fuel at this price .  Jesus  . This is a crime .

9:01 PM - Feb 6, 2018

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Yaw Frimpong@jyfrimpong

Replying to @KwabenaCecil

That's the evils of deregulation. Prices on commodity markets gyrate. Now while you're crying and blaming the NPP government for a commodity it has no control over, a commodity speculator is dancing to music right now.

Austine Woode @obiMpenaAustine

3 things determine fuel prices in Ghana; world market prices, forex and taxes. Govt has control over last 2 and those 2 form a major component of the build up

7:29 PM - Feb 6, 2018

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