A total of 29 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are championing an immediate dismissal campaign against the Board Chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC), Freddie Blay and its acting Chief Executive Officer, Opoku Ahweneeh Danquah.
They accuse the duo of masterminding activities that continue to put the country’s interest in the petroleum sector in jeopardy.
The coalition cites the controversies surrounding Aker Energy and AGM operations in Ghana and the sale of 50% of Jubilee Oil Holding Limited’s interest in the Deepwater Tano block to PetroSA.
Already, Energy Minister Dr Mathew Opoku Prempeh has accused the Board Chairman, Mr Blay of offering interest in Ghana’s oil fields to a South African oil company, Petroleum Oil and Gas Corporation of South Africa (PetroSA). He has instructed Mr Blay to rescind the offer.
“The Corporation should cease any further negotiations with PetroSA on matters of PetroSA’s intended pre-emption of the JOHL stakes.
“The stakes were acquired by the Government of Ghana with State funds. The Government of Ghana has informed the South African Government through their Minister responsible for Natural Resources and Energy in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the African Energy Week, 2022 in Cape Town that Ghana would not approve any pre-emption of the JOHL stakes”.
Amidst this revelation, Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), Centre for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), the Chamber of Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC) and 26 others want the two men out of post.
Again, the group is also demanding complete information on the AFC transaction and the actual amount that would constitute petroleum cost and the immediate closure of the Aker PoD from the Petroleum Commission and Government.
