The Akufo-Addo-led governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has assured Ghanaians that it will continue to build critical infrastructure for the country’s energy industry, reduce distribution losses, improve reliability in power supply as well as increase power and natural gas exports to the West African sub-region if they retain power in December 7, 2020, polls.
Speaking at the launching of the NPP’s 2020 Manifesto in Cape Coast in the Central Region, Saturday, Deputy Energy Minister in charge of Petroleum, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam said the next NPP-led government will continue to pursue its plan to develop Ghana into a regional petroleum hub in the Western Region of the country.
The Akufo-Addo-administration promised in its 2016 Manifesto to establish petroleum hub in the Western Region, but that vision has not been fully actualised.
Energynewsafrica.com understands that a 200-acre land has been secured in the Western Region for the project.
Our sources from the Ministry of Energy indicate that the Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of infrastructure and MP for Effia Constituency Hon. Joseph Cudjoe recently led a delegation from the Ministry to visit chiefs and elders of the area where the hub is expected to be sighted.
Dr Amin revealed that a bill establishing the Petroleum Hub Corporation is currently under parliamentary consideration.
“We will pursue relevant reforms in the upstream petroleum sector and provide incentives for the revival of exploration activities after the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We are on course to building an energy economy, which we are promising you, for the rapid industrialisation and transformation of our country
“Your vote for President Akufo-Addo and the NPP means a vote for the efficient management of the energy sector,” he stressed.
Source:www.energynewsafrica.com