Ghana’s has realised over $6.5 billion from its oil resources over the last ten years.
Out of the $6.550 billion received from 2011 to 2020, the country’s national oil company, GNPC, received $2,012.16 billion, representing about 30.72 per cent, Annual Budget Funding Amount (ABFA) had $2,557.12 billion (39.04 per cent), the Ghana Heritage Fund had $0.587 billion (8.97 per cent) while the Ghana Stabilisation Fund received $1,393.18 billion (21.27 per cent).
This was disclosed by Professor Kwame Adom-Frimpong, Chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, at a forum in Takoradi for stakeholders in the Western and Central Regions.
The forum formed part of the 10th Anniversary of PIAC. It was on the theme: ‘A Decade of the Management and Use of Petroleum Revenue in Ghana, Successes and Lessons for future’.
The oil revenue, however, dipped in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic with that year’s projections showing a reduction in royalties from $236,794,156.13 in 2019 to $195,359,565.96 in 2020.
Carried and Participation Interest (CAPI) also went down from $505,987,937.41 to $300,926,631.91 within the same period.
Prof Adom-Frimpong said the Jubilee Fields produced 350,469.95 Million Standard Cubic Feet (mmscf) of gas, Tweneboa Enyenra Ntomme (TEN) had 179,884.98 mmscf and Sankofa Gye Nyame produced 199,126 .687 mmscf to reach a total of 729,481.61 mmscf of gas between 2014 and 2020.
He said the oil monies focused on 12 development poles including health, infrastructure, alternative energy sources, environmental protection, social welfare, security, institutional strengthening and agriculture.
The Enchi-Asankragwa Road, the Kotoka International Airport Terminal Three, the Free SHS, the Kojokrom-Takoradi railway project, the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant and the Anomabo Fish College are examples of how the oil monies had been used in Ghana, he said.
Prof Adom-Frimpong said as a citizen-led group, PIAC would continue to engage the people to have collective views on the usage of revenue from the resource.
He said PIAC would monitor and evaluate the government’s compliance and other relevant institutions in the management and use of petroleum revenues and investments as provided by the law.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com