Vivo Energy Ghana, the award-winning licensee of the Shell brand in Ghana, has donated to the Otumfuo Education Trust Fund during a courtesy call on the King of the Asante Kingdom, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
Category: Oil & Gas
Spending Oil Revenue on ‘Free SHS’: Sober Reflections Required
Since 1951, Ghana has tried different policies and approaches to ensure free compulsory universal basic education with varying degrees of success.
Seaweld Boss Urges gov’t to Waive Import Duties on Charity Items
The Chief Executive Officer of Seaweld Engineering Ghana Limited, Alfred Fafali Adagbedu has appealed to government to waive the custom duties on items imported for charity purposes in the country.
Free SHS Financing: Gov’t Urged to Re-think Decision to Raid Heritage Fund
The Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), a group that has been at the fore front of ensuring the efficient management of the country’s hydrocarbon resources since the discovery of Jubilee, is urging government to abandon its decision to raid the oil and gas Heritage Fund for the purpose of financing its free […]
Stay Away from the Heritage Fund-ACEP Tells Gov’t
The Africa Centre for Energy policy (ACEP), a leading Accra-based energy sector think-tank has asked the Akufo-Addo-led government to stay away from the country’s Heritage Fund. This follows media reports that the government is scheming to use the fund to implement the free Senior High School (SHS) education this year. The New Patriotic Party (NPP) […]
Shells Expands Its Services in Kumasi, Re-opens Sunyani Bekwae Station
Vivo Energy Ghana, the award-winning company behind the Shell brand in Ghana, has re-opened its Sunyani Bekwae station with additional exciting offerings in its ever-expanding network in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region.
GNPC , EDC Saga: Ministry Official Instructed Items be Moved to Rigworld
Fresh information reaching Adom News indicate the Local Content Coordinator at the Ministry of Energy under the previous government, Afua Amissah asked two Tullow Oil officials to move items from Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) to the warehouse of Rigworld, a private company in Takoradi in Western Region.
ACEP Condemns Effort to Annul the SEC Rules on Transparency in the Extractive Sector
The Africa Centre for Energy policy (ACEP), a leading Accra-based energy sector think-tank is saddened by the attempt by US Republican Senators to darken the global effort to ensure transparency in the governance of the extractive sector by repealing the rules on the Dodd Frank Act.
GNPC “Hid” $5M PPP Project from Transition Team
When Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) presented its handing-over notes to the transition team in December 2016, it failed to mention anything about the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), a US$5 million public-private partnership (PPP) project in Takoradi in the Western Region.
Report: World Bank Undermines Its Own Climate Change Commitments
World Bank policy loans are creating subsidies for coal, gas and oil projects and undercutting initiatives to build wind, solar and geothermal power infrastructure and protect vulnerable rainforests, including the Amazon, a new report by the Bank Information Center (BIC) and worldwide partner organizations has revealed.