Three Ghana Gas Helicopters Missing?
Although government has paid $150m for three helicopters for Ghana Gas Company, the whereabouts of the choppers remains a mystery, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has...
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Three (3) Ghana Gas Helicopters Missing
Three helicopters costing a hundred and fifty million dollars ($ 150 million) that were to be purchased for Ghana Gas Company cannot be traced, investigations have shown. The three helicopters...
Did US Embassy Lie About ECG Billing? Jantuah Picks Them On
Vice chairman of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee, Kwame Jantuah has unequivocally suggested that claims by the US Embassy in Ghana that the Electricity Company of Ghana has not...
A Decade After Oil Discovery! The Bold Steps, the Mistakes, the Lessons, and the Future
A decade after oil discovery! The bold steps, the mistakes, the lessons, and the future When Ghana discovered hydrocarbons in commercial quantities a decade ago in 2007 under the erstwhile Kufour...
The Bold Steps, Mistakes, Lessons, and the Future
A decade after oil discovery: The bold steps, mistakes, lessons, and the future The country appeared to have lost momentum following the 2009 political transition When Ghana discovered hydrocarbons...
Government Scored Low On National Security
Panelists on 3FM Late Edition Show have cautioned government to be more proactive in dealing with national security issues. Speaking on the achievements of the NPP government’s 100 days in office,...
Energy Experts Question Capping of Power Price Per Kilowatt Hour
Energy experts have questioned government’s decision to cap electricity price, in terms of power purchases negotiation, at 10 cents per kilowatt hour, stressing that it will not attract investors...
PUWU Attacks US Ambassador Over ECG Privatization
The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU), has lambasted the US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert Jackson, for claiming that it was too late to renegotiate the Millennium Compact II which seeks...
Power Sector Stakeholders Oppose ECG Concession Agreement
The coalition of stakeholders on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession arrangement has called on the government to review the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact II. After a...
Ghana Should Be Fighting Against ECG Concession
A member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw, is against attempts to improve the $498 million Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Compact II between...
CSPOG Bemoans Governance Gaps In Ghana’s Oil Sector
The Chairperson of the Civil Society Platform on Oil and Gas (CSPOG), Dr Steve Manteaw says the platform is unhappy with the findings of a governance analysis it conducted on Ghana’s oil and gas...
Don’t Cover Every Cost Under Free SHS Policy
A member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr Steve Manteaw, is urging the government to shift from covering every cost under its Free Senior High School (SHS) policy to...
No Synergy Between Education and Economy – Educationist
An education consultant, Dr. Mathew Karikari Ababio, has lamented the lack of synergy between education and the economy leading to the debilitating levels of unemployment being witnessed currently....
Unplanned Spending Killing Ghana’s Economy – Expert
Experts have bemoaned the alarming rate of “unplanned spending” on the part of government, arguing the trend is contributing immensely to “fiscal indiscipline.” Speaking at a national...
Give Us Powers To Sanction Officials Misusing Oil Money – PIAC
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says it needs to be vested with the authority to sanction government institutions that will misappropriate revenues generated from the...
Give Us Powers To Sanction Officials Misusing Oil Money – PIAC
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) says it needs to be vested with the authority to sanction government institutions that will misappropriate revenues generated from the...
PIAC Needs Prosecutorial Powers – Stakeholders
As a statutory institution committed to ensuring efficient, transparent and accountable management of petroleum revenues and investments, the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) lacks...
Hedging Ghana’s Crude Oil Could Be Dangerous – Dr. Manteaw
An outspoken member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw has cautioned Ghana’s crude oil managers against hedging the product at the international markets....
Hedging Ghana’s Crude Oil Could Be Dangerous
An outspoken member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC), Dr. Steve Manteaw has cautioned Ghana’s crude oil managers against hedging the product at the international markets....
Tackle Fundamental Issues – Jantuah Tells Government
Although it is good that some taxes, including the 1% special import levy, have been scrapped, the government should tackle the underlying problems confronting small-scale businesses, Kwame Jantuah,...