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Ghana oil: groups question Ghana’s readiness to manage environmental challenges
Accra — A year after Ghana started its oil production questions are being asked about the country’s preparedness to handle major environmental issues like pollution. Community leaders whose areas are to host the country’s petroleum infrastructure are demanding what safety measures are in place for their people. Civil Society and…
Civil Society Groups call for disclosure of Oil and Gas Contracts
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas has said public disclosure of all oil and gas contracts by government would remove the incentive for public officials to negotiate bad contracts on behalf of the State. It said all draft agreements and contracts must be widely published for 30 days…
Oil Marketing Companies inaugurates five oversight enforcement committees
Accra -– The Association of Oil Marketing Companies (AOMCs), on Wednesday inaugurated five industrial oversight enforcement committees, tasked to ensure integrity, probity, accountability and transparency in the pursuit of business objectives. The members of the Technical Committee are, Mr Augustine Osei-Bonsu of Shell Ghana Limited, Mr Marina Perez, Total Petroleum…
150 operators of illegal oil bunkers nabbed
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has arrested over 150 operators of illegal oil bunkers in some parts of the country. The Commandant-General of the corps, Dr Ade Abolurin, said this in Abuja on Saturday, while addressing 50 personnel of the corps who had been chosen…
Ghana: Oil region youth reject teaching
BY FREDERICK ASIAMAH — An analysis of the number of trained teacher distribution across the country’s public schools shows that for the last couple of years the Western Region recorded the lowest number of trained teachers across the three sub-levels of basic education kindergarten(KG), primary and junior high schools. The…
Ghana worried over wage disparities in oil sector
A senior Ghanaian official has disclosed that the Ghanaian government is not comfortable with the disparities between the conditions of service of expatriate workers and locals in the upstream oil sector. “I think the areas that we have difficulties in is the fact that there is a very huge disparity…
