The Minority in Parliament are defending the record of the erstwhile Akufo-Addo government in the upstream Petroleum sector.
Following the announcement of the new Eban/Akoma oil and gas discovery, some persons in government have claimed the previous government collapsed the upstream Petroleum sector.
But addressing a news conference in Parliament, Deputy Ranking Member on the Energy Committee Collins Adomako Mensah highlighted a number of developments in the sector which he attributes to the previous Akufo-Addo government’s foresight.
“ENI, as required by the CTP Block 4 Petroleum Agreement, formerly issued two separate notices of discovery to the then Ministry of Energy, the Petroleum Commission and the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. These discoveries were also announced or published by sections of the Ghanaian media,” he said.
The Minority also described as disingenuous any claim that the latest Eban/Akoma oil and gas discovery is attributable to the Mahama administration.
According to him, the government is on an intentional agenda to unjustifiably claim credit for the discoveries.
“The Minority wonders how the Mahama administration, which had nothing to do with the drilling of the Akoma and Eban exploration wells as well as approval of the appraisal programme of the two discoveries, will all of a sudden claim that the results of an Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration-approved appraisal programme that are a result of commerciality are a credit to it.”
