The President commissioned the headoffice on Thursday, 1st August
This a battleground accident that signifies a awe-inspiring footfall advanced for Ghana's oil and gas industry, he said
This accident not alone celebrates the acme of a action that began four years ago but additionally underscores the government's charge to decentralizing development and ensuring that all regions account deservedly from the nation's resources
In his address, President Akufo-Addo reflected on the acceptation of this new facility, anecdotic it as a accomplishment of a affiance he fabricated to the chiefs and bodies of the Western Arena during his 2016 presidential campaign. The President emphasized that the enactment of the GNPC abode in Takoradi is added than aloof a accomplishment of a attack promise; it is a cardinal move to accompany development afterpiece to the communities that accord decidedly to Ghana's abundance through their acreage and sea resources
"This is a actual blessed day for the Western Region, for Mother Ghana and, indeed, for me personally," President Akufo-Addo declared. "The ability of this affiance is affidavit of my government's assurance to ensure that the development and allowances of Ghana's accustomed assets are acquainted by the bodies whose acreage and sea accord so decidedly to the nation's wealth." The architecture of the advanced ability faced abundant challenges, including the aberrant COVID-19 communicable and assorted logistical and banking hurdles. Despite these obstacles, the action persevered, acknowledgment to cardinal planning and the abiding abutment of the bodies of the Western Region. President Akufo-Addo connected his acknowledgment to all who played a allotment in bringing the action to fruition, including the Regional Minister, Hon. Kobby Okyere Darko Mensah, the Western Regional House of Chiefs, and the Regional Lands Commission
"This new abode is strategically positioned to serve as the hub for GNPC's operations, decidedly in the Western Region, which charcoal the epicentre of Ghana's oil and gas industry," the President noted. He accent the applied allowances of situating this ability in Takoradi, which accommodate added operational ability and afterpiece accord with calm stakeholders
The enactment of the abode is accepted to accept a cogent bread-and-butter appulse on the bounded community. President Akufo-Addo categorical the absolute and aberrant job opportunities that will appear from GNPC's presence, alignment from authoritative roles to abstruse positions. The added bread-and-butter action is additionally advancing to activate bounded businesses, accidental to the all-embracing bread-and-butter advance of the region
Furthermore, President Akufo-Addo acclaimed the boundless investments fabricated by GNPC through its Foundation, which has been headquartered in Takoradi for the accomplished seven years. He acicular out that the Western Arena continues to be a above almsman of the Foundation's initiatives in association development and accommodation building, including the accouterment of health, education, and sanitation infrastructure, as able-bodied as abutment for artisan training and added amusing appulse programs
In his address, President Akufo-Addo additionally underscored the broader eyes of transforming GNPC into a world-class civic oil aggregation able of aggressive on the all-around stage. The new headquarters, a seven-storey avant-garde appointment circuitous with a basement, is able with Smart Appointment Administration Systems and assorted high-technology specifications. It includes a 300-seater auditorium, a gymnasium, a cafeteria, and a business centermost on the arena floor, and is advised to accomplish activity ability and accommodated Leadership in Activity and Ecology Design (LEED) Certification
The President fatigued the accent of ecology and amusing albatross in the corruption of petroleum resources. He apprenticed GNPC and added industry stakeholders to abide alive collaboratively with bounded communities, ecology groups, and authoritative bodies to apparatus best practices that abbreviate ecology impact. "We owe it to approaching ancestors to administer our assets sustainably," he stated, emphasizing the charge to antithesis bread-and-butter advance with ecology protection
Additionally, President Akufo-Addo alleged for a renewed focus on bounded agreeable and accord in the oil and gas industry, advancement the connected accommodation architecture of bounded businesses and professionals to ensure they can account advisedly from the sector
As he assured his speech, President Akufo-Addo bidding his aboveboard acknowledgment to the chiefs and bodies of the Western Arena for their abutment and patience. He congratulated the administration and agents of GNPC on this arresting accomplishment and clearly declared the "GNPC Activity House" commissioned
"May this new abode serve as a alarm of excellence, innovation, and advance in Ghana's oil and gas industry," President Akufo-Addo said. "May God absolve the Ghana Civic Petroleum Corporation, and us all, and may God absolve our citizenry Ghana, and accomplish her abundant and strong." The allotment of the GNPC abode marks a cogent anniversary in Ghana's adventure appear harnessing its accustomed assets for acceptable development and across-the-board growth