A Deputy Minister of Energy, Dr Mohammed Amin Adam, has revealed that
the government has embarked on an ambitious industrialisation programme.
He said the gas sector will define the terms by
which this industrial development will thrive through the development of an
integrated aluminium and steel industry, the development of an automobile hub
and the development of the Ghana Petro-chemical hub.
He made this revelation during the launch of the maiden Ghana Gas Senior
Staff Association Week celebration held at the premises of Ghana National Gas
Company (GNGC).
According to the Deputy Minister, the gas sector
in Ghana has undergone significant transformation over the past few years and
has become a key player in the government’s socio-economic development agenda
and this can be attributed to the tremendous effort of the staff of the
Company, particularly the senior staff under the distinguished leadership of
Dr. K.D Asante.
This is evident in the Company’s capacity to
sustain the country’s power sector in the past few years, helping the country
to curb the frequent power outages, popularly known as ‘dumsor’, which
collapsed businesses and putting on hold industry expansion to push Ghana
towards the accelerated development.
Ghana Gas Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Ben
K.D Asante, on his part, said the administration with the support of the Senior
Staff Association has made a prominent contribution to continuously training
and building the capacity and components at all levels.
“At Ghana Gas, emphasis are placed on the in-house
job training. Mentorship is very important,” he said, “to be able to sustain
the intellectual capacity that we so pride ourselves on.”
According to the CEO, if this can be achieved, it
is to sustain the industry which demands that there is high-level capacity.
He urged all workers to join forces and to strive
to contribute their quota to expanding the gas infrastructure across the entire
country.
The CEO took the opportunity to touch on some of
the areas of expansion within the gas industry, citing the onshore pipeline
that will begin from Takoradi to Tema, almost 300 kilometres to enhance both
reliability and the capacity of the country’s system.
The CEO revealed that the Company is looking to
increase the capacity of the existing processing plant to double its operations.
He, therefore, charged the management to work by
deliverables and work extra by self-motivation.
“You have to drive yourself to achieve and deliver
those works that have been apportioned by your leaders,” he advised.
“Ghana Gas is an organisation that believes in
teamwork because a team is better than some of its parts.”
The CEO commended the staff association.
“Till date, I have and continue to enjoy the full
support and collaboration of the Association in carrying out the vision for
this Company, especially the indigenisation of our workforce,” he observed.
He challenged the association to go beyond
achieving the welfare of the workers only.
“The Association should be interested in the
welfare of the company since the staff association will not be if there is no
company.”
Source: 3news.com