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Help shape
oil/gas policy – Stakeholders told
Kumasi, May 3, Ghanadot/GNA - Mr Emmanuel Asamoah
Owusu-Ansah, Ashanti Regional Minister has called on all
stakeholders to engage in constructive dialogue that would
enable Government fashion out an implementable national oil
and gas policy.
Speaking at the Ashanti Regional Forum on Oil and Gas Policy
jointly organized by the Ghana National Petroleum
Corporation (GNPC) and the Ashanti Regional Co-ordinating
Council (RCC) in Kumasi on Friday, Mr Owusu-Ansah lauded
government’s openness to the debate so far.
He said government deserves to be applauded for putting in
place effective measures to check negative effects
associated with oil production.
The forum was to further deepen Government’s consultation
with stakeholders to ensure a sound policy expected to
receive Parliamentary approval by December this year.
Mr Owusu-Ansah said oil price affects everything in an
economy therefore Ghana’s oil discovery when explored and
managed well, could significantly transform its economy.
Mrs Mary Chinery-Hesse, Chief Advisor to the President
concurred that, the oil discovery has become a national
asset, which would contribute meaningfully towards the
socio-economic development of the country.
She added that, every Ghanaian has a responsibility to play
in making this a reality.
Giving a brief overview of the draft policy, Dr Maxwell
Appiagyei Gyamfi, Director of Petroleum, Ministry of Energy
said people should disabuse their minds that, investors
would earn more profit from the oil.
Government, he stated would get 51 per cent as its share of
the proceeds from the petroleum.
Mr George Owusu, Country Director of Kosmos Energy and
Tullow Oil, Partners of the Ghana National Petroleum
Corporation (GNPC), commended the Kwame Nkrumah University
of Science and Technology (KNUST) for organizing series of
training programmes to equip students in oil processing.
This he said would encourage a healthy competition between
Ghanaians and other foreign investors.
GNA
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