In the past ten years, the Ghana Gas Company has not documented any occupational injuries, particularly in the Atuabo Processing Plant in the Western Region’s Ellembelle District.
The company’s deliberate safety and maintenance culture, which was established to provide gas more effectively and efficiently, is what Engineer Maxwell Kelly, the Senior Manager for Engineering and Maintenance, credited with the achievement.
He said that the business has successfully completed important national missions, such as the Karpowership project, without any problems.
Engineer Kelly at a Media Soiree to appreciate the role of the Media in disseminating quality and accurate information about the company over the last 10 years, also appreciated all stakeholders and industry players for keeping faith with the company.
Mr Ernest Owusu Bempah, the Corporate Communications Director of the Company, said the media’s work and role in updating the public within the upstream petroleum industry was critical.
He said such roles could be carefully developed with capacity building adding, “We are looking at developing a course in these areas within the various universities particularly, Journalism institutions to get more and more journalists to have good knowledge in the subject areas.”
The Company, he announced, would conduct a Media tour in 2023 for practitioners to have a better appreciation of situations within the various set ups and how best the company could meet such needs for national development.
Mr Desmond Cudjoe, the Western Regional Chairman of the Ghana Journalists Association, expressed gratitude to the Company for collaborating with the Regional Media in all of its activities.
He asked the Company to provide some computers for the Press Centre and a collaboration to build a befitting centre for the Association.
The GJA Chairman noted the importance of capacity building for the Media to promote quality reporting in such sensitive areas of the National economy.