The Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC) has over the last eight years saved the country in excess of US$ 250 million after the company was transitioned from using expatriates to local expertise, the Chief Executive Officer of the company, Dr Benjamin Asante, has disclosed.
He said in 2017, management took the decision to transition the management of all its engineering platforms from the Chinese firm Sinopec and its engineers to wholly Ghanaian engineers.
The decision according to Dr Asante continued to save the company in excess of $3million every month for the last eight years.
Dr Asante who was taking his turn at the Sunday edition of the Minister's Press Briefing organised by the Ministry of Information said the company had for the past eight years remained committed to building local expertise in the mid and downstream gas sector. "In April 2017, Ghana Gas fully indigenised the operations and maintenance of its Gas Processing Plant (GPP) and associated pipelines and this initiative has also led to the creation of about 1000 jobs, including both permanent and contract positions," he emphasised.