The Ghana Oil and Gas
Service Providers Association (GOGSPA) has inducted into its executive council
six individuals to steer its affairs.
The members will have
the responsibility of ensuring the growth and progress of the association Vis-a
-Vis the overall interest of players of the oil and gas industry.
The new executive
members include Dr. Douglas Zormelo of Zormelo & Associates- President,
Capt. Francis Boakye of Flat C Marine Offshore- Vice President, Lawyer Elikplim
Agbemava of Fidelity Law Group, Mrs. Doris Ababio of Uptouch Consult Limited,
Mr. Justice Bonney of M & L Trinity Company and Mr. Emmanuel Quartey of PQ Oil
& Gas Services, all members respectively.
At a short ceremony in
the capital, Executive Director of GOGSPA, Nuertey Adzeman was optimistic
membership of the association will continue to grow as expected.
He expressed worry over
the financial status of the association and urged members to take the
activities of the GOGSPA serious and ensure they pay their dues promptly to
keep the secretariat running.
‘We must endeavor to
take the association serious. We should not wait for problems to come, then we
start running to the Secretariat for assistance. This is our association and we
must make things work,” he said.
Adzeman told News Ghana
later in an interview its members were now doing better by way of expertise as
compared to when it came into existence some seven years ago.
He urged members of the
association to reposition themselves to take up businesses in the oil and gas
sector by building their capacities.
“It is important as
members, we build our capacities in the industry so we take up jobs reserved
for the indigenes,” he said.
The GOGSPA Executive
Director commended the Petroleum Commission (PC) for ensuring that local
companies that have the expertise in performing certain tasks in the oil and
gas industry were not denied the opportunity.
GOGSPA is an association
of indigenous companies providing various services in the country’s fledging
oil and gas industry.
The association
currently has a membership of 93 oil and gas companies with 34 non-active
members.
It is advocating for
indigenous companies to have a say in the industry operations. It is
represented on the Local Content Committee of the PC where it is making great
inputs and contributing to major decisions.
The association is also
on the Steering Committee (SC) of the Enterprise Development Centre (EDC).
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Source: Newsghana.com
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