He commended the contractor and workers at the construction site for their hard work.
Dr Bawumia also assured the people of the Western Region of the government’s commitment to ensuring the successful completion of the project.
“I came to monitor the progress of work and I have seen it too. The six-floor building is now at 90% completion. By the grace of God, the construction will be completed this year. I am very happy. The contractor and the workers have done a very good job; I applaud them. We will complete this building this year.
“Government wants every region to develop and we know this is where oil drilling takes place in Ghana. So, it is correct that the Western Region will receive oil infrastructural development. This is why we decided to bring the Operational Headquarters here,” he said.
The General Manager in charge of Strategy at the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation, Dr Kwame Baah Nuakoh commended the Vice President for his visit.
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According to Enisuoh, “A team of Tantita Security Services operatives continued to monitor the jetty for suspicious activities. It was observed that a sewage truck with plate number JR7750XA visited the jetty twice.
“During its third visit on May 12, 2023, the truck was accosted by the Tantita Security operatives, keeping constant vigil over the area. Upon inspection, the substance found inside the tank was not sewage, but rather, crude oil.
“The driver was arrested and handed over to government security operatives.
“The driver later revealed the destination of the contents, which took us to another yard inland, also operated by Mawe Services Limited.
“Within the Mawe Services Limited’s premises, there were two metallic cylindrical tanks of about 45,000 litres capacity each.
“Both tanks were inspected, and one was found to be filled up with crude oil.”
He said the driver of the truck confirmed that he had been transferring the contents of the barge into the tank.
He said inspection of the “yard security logbook” showed that the truck visited the location severally, adding that the contents of the truck were well spelt out as “crude oil”.
Enisuoh said the perpetrators frequently loaded the crude from the big barge into small gallons batch by batch, before transferring to illegal refineries.
“One new method they use now is that they obtain documentation and authorisation from the government to fool security agencies, then, go on to do other illegal jobs,” he said.
He said when the suspects are apprehended, they usually claim to be recently hired by their companies, “whereas they were already trained to operate in that line.”
He said part of the crude had been evacuated while the rest would go through a combustion process.
He also said their operations could be detrimental to the socioeconomic development of the country as it had began to trade on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).
“We are moving into an era when we are trading under the AfCFTA and getting products from all sorts of places coming onto our market while ours will go to other people’s markets so we must make sure they meet standards and are safe, not just for use but fit for purpose as well,” Mr. Anti said.
Mr. Anti said under the GSA Act (Act 2022), there were a number of penalties that had been prescribed by law to be used as punishment for such activities with the lowest hanging fruit being administrative penalty which began from 1000 penalty units
He, therefore, affirmed that the authority would apply the full rigours of the law following the conclusions of investigations, including test results of the samples taken, to serve as deterrence to others and ensure such activities were nipped in the bud.
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According to him, Ghana is not a banana republic where laws are not respected and warned the company to desist from breaching the laws of Ghana.
He said both the Labour Law and the 1992 Constitution of Ghana allow freedom of association and the formation of unions.
“We are not against any investor coming to Ghana, but Sunon Asogli’s $750 million cannot buy our rights so today, we are demonstrating to the whole world that unions in this country will exercise our rights.
“Our demands are very simple and we have made it clear to our employer that our three colleagues must be reinstated and we will fight and fight till they are reinstated.”
General Secretary of TUC, Dr Yaw Baah called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to wake up and ensure that Ghanaians are not mistreated by their foreign employers.
He said failure on the part of the President to intervene to reinstate the workers would compel the TUC to mobilise and picket at the Jubilee House, the seat of Government.
Meanwhile, Sunon Asogli Power Ghana Limited has rejected claims that they are against the formation of a union in the company.
The company, in a statement issued last week, said it is rather against the procedure being adopted by the Ghana Mine Workers Union.
They accused the TUC of failing to engage with management and rather siding with the Mines Workers Union.
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