Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, on Thursday urged stakeholders in the downstream petroleum sector to work closely with the government to build a more resilient industry amid renewed geopolitical tensions in the Middle East.
Jinapor said Ghana had avoided the fuel supply disruptions experienced by some countries in the sub-region in recent years, including during the recent conflict involving Israel, Iran and the United States, but stressed that stronger collaboration was needed to safeguard the country’s energy security.
“Let’s continue to work together so that we can build a resilient system. When the U.S.-Israel-Iran conflict began in the Middle East, many people were anxious about Ghana’s fuel supply situation.
However, because of the measures we took, and the work that had already been done, we were able to weather the situation,” Jinapor said at the opening of the 7th Ghana International Petroleum Conference in Accra.
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