Napo markets Ghana in USA

THE ENERGY Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh popularly known as ‘Napo’, has described Ghana as fertile grounds for investors, especially in the petroleum industry.

In this regard, he has appealed passionately to potential investors across the globe, to consider investing in Ghana, stressing that aside the investment potentials, the country is also very peaceful.

Napo, who is currently in the United States (US), attending the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) 2021 in Houston, Texas, stated Ghanaians are friendly and peaceful people.

He stated that the country, which has consistently practiced democracy for almost three decades now, is stable and very conducive for investors to make profits on their investments.

The Energy Minister was speaking when he cut the ribbon to officially launch Ghana’s delegation pavilion at the ongoing OTC 2021 in Houston, Texas, USA, last Monday morning.

The OTC is an annual programme which provides energy professionals the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas and opinions to advance scientific and technical knowledge for offshore resources and environmental matters.

Continuing, Napo said he “strongly believe that our congenial business atmosphere, the hospitality of the Ghanaian people and more importantly the country’s relative political stability, should make every investor consider Ghana as an investment destination”.

According to the Energy Minister, he was looking forward to positive outcomes from the OTC event, following the impressive delivery that he made on the opening day of the programme.

He also said Ghana is at the OTC to demonstrate to the world that truly “our petroleum industry is awash with exciting investment opportunities in both the upstream and downstream sectors of the industry”.

Aside the hydrocarbon exploration opportunities, he said “I disclosed that Ghana aspires to become a hub for refined petroleum products in the West African sub-region and beyond by the year 2030.

“The hub involves the development of infrastructure such as refineries, port terminal facilities, storage facilities, petrochemical plants as well as Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals with a network of pipelines”.