The leadership of Ghana’s Parliament on Sunday, 8th August, 2021, paid an official working visit to the facilities of the Ghana National Gas Company Limited at Atuabo, in the Western part of the West African nation.
The delegation included Osei Kyei-Mensah- Bonsu, Majority Leader, Joseph Osei-Owusu, 1st Deputy Speaker, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, 2nd Deputy Speaker, Frank Annoh- Dompreh, Majority Chief Whip, and Lydia Seyram Alhassan, 1st Dep. Majority Whip.
The rest are Ahmed Ibrahim, 1st Deputy Minority Whip, and Comfort Doyoe Cudjoe, 2nd Deputy Minority Whip.
They were received by the Chief Executive officer of the facility, Dr Ben K.D Asante, who in his welcome address, expressed appreciation to the leadership for visiting the Ghana Gas Complex and processing plant at Atuabo.
In his welcome address, Dr Ben Asante expressed appreciation to Parliament for the support over the years and expressed the belief that the visit would further strengthen the relationship between the two institutions, taking note that Parliament has oversight over the executive and state-owned institutions.
On his part, the 1st Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Joseph Osei-Owusu, said the visit was an opportunity for Parliament to understand the activities, challenges and importance of the operations of Ghana Gas as a strategic asset.
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the Majority Leader, also stated that oil and gas matters are dynamic and as such there was the need for the Parliamentary leadership to be well-positioned to understand issues within the sector.
He also stated that Ghana Gas has a tremendous potential to be a gas hub.
The Parliamentary leadership was taken to the Gas Processing Plant where they were briefed about the gas value chain, operations of the gas plant, the gas infrastructural plan, gas utilisation outlook, the CSR activities of Ghana gas, work programmes of the company and the plan for a Gas Act to regulate the activities of the gas industry.
The visit was facilitated by the Government Relations Department of the Ghana Gas company Limited.
