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Some youth in Ellembelle in the Western region have threatened to demonstrate against the appointment of the New Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Gas Company.
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He is expected to act as the CEO of Ghana Gas until a substantive one is approved.
He is, however, not permitted to take decisions that have policy implications.
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His appointment follows the exit of the former CEO of the company, Dr. George Sipa-Adjah Yankey.
But the youth have argued that Dr. Asante was part of what they described as some corrupt practices during the NDC era, when he served as a Deputy Director in charge of Technical services and also a consultant.
“We don’t want him because for every mess that has been created in the company, he is also part of it. If Ghana gas didn’t go well, he is part of the problem since he was part of the top hierarchy of the company and as a consultant, he gave all the consultancy advice,” the spokesperson for the Ellembelle youth group, Felix Dickson, told Accra-based Starr FM.
Dr Asante was the technical Director of Ghana’s first Gas Infrastructure project and also developed the gas infrastructure master plan for Ghana in 2008.
He has also served as a consultant to the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) and provided engineering services, project management and technical support for various projects across the world including UAE, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Mexico, Russia, Thailand and USA.
He has worked for major companies including Nova/TransCanada and Enron and Jacobs Engineering.