Clean Energy advocate and Member of Parliament for Nsawam-Adoagyir Constituency in the Eastern Region, Frank Annoh Dompreh believes Ghanaians should celebrate the CEO of Ghana Gas Company for his remarkable effort towards transforming the company.
In a tweet, the Ghanaian lawmaker said the company has witnessed several initiatives under Dr Benjamin K.D Asante’s leadership which are “worth celebrating.”
Dr Benjamin Asante, a renowned gas infrastructure expert, was appointed by President Akufo-Addo to replace Dr George Sipa Yankey as CEO in 2017 when the New Patriotic Party won power and formed the government in 2017.
Since 2017, Dr Asante has undertaken several initiatives including expanding the company’s gas infrastructure and increasing gas flow from 90mmscfd to 300mmscfd.
Recently, Dr Asante announced that the company intends to construct a second gas processing plant to ensure that Ghana increases the usage of gas for electricity generation and domestic consumption.
Enumerating some of the initiatives undertaken by Ghana Gas under the leadership of Dr Benjamin Asante, Mr Annoh-Dompreh mentioned the indigenization which has saved the taxpayer a monthly bill of $3million ($36million annually) for engaging the services of expatriates.
He said the decision to indigenize operations of Ghana National Gas Company’s installation is one of the best initiatives taken by its management.
According to him, this has opened up opportunities for young engineering graduates and employment for Ghanaian workers, while deepening local participation in the oil & gas sector.
As part of its CSR, the company has completed about 150 projects across the nation covering areas such as education, health, boreholes, roads, security, social development and sports–the construction of Astro turfs.
Under the leadership of Dr Asante, GNGC “increased its local workforce by about 300 per cent from 2017 to 2021.
Ghana Gas has also introduced the Gas Challenge in which students from tertiary institutions offering Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) gather to compete and demonstrate their understanding of the gas industry.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com