Government is said to be losing millions of pula in fuel levies due to lack of mechanism to ensure that oil companies especially citizen owned companies, which mostly supply government, pay the fuel levy. Information unearthed by this publication suggests that some oil and lubricants companies engaged by government to supply various departments are not paying the fuel levy. “If they do pay the levy they do sojust voluntarily as there is nothing that compels them to do that because there are no mechanisms to ensure that they are paying,” revealed an industry player. Government ministries and departments which have fuel stations include Botswana Defence Force (BDF), Botswana Police Services, Central Transport Organization (CTO), all district councils through their Central Transport Units , hospitals and Directorate of Intelligence and Security Services (DISS). According to a report released this year regarding undeclared fuel, on a monthly basis an average of 20 million litres of fuel is undeclared to BERA with fuel levy losing on average P2, 400 000 per month. Fuel levy is pecked at 12thebe per liter and annually loses could reach a whooping P28, 800.000. The oil companies are also sucking the Road Fund which is perked at 90thebe…