Gov’t committed to supporting training institutions in petroleum sector

The Deputy Minister of Energy in charge of Petroleum, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam has affirmed government’s commitment to support institutions that train Ghanaian workforce to operate in the Oil and Gas industry.  

Dr. Amin Adam, made this known when he paid a working visit to the Regional Maritime University (RMU) in Accra to get himself acquainted with the activities of the university and inspect engineering equipment procured and installed by the Oil and Gas Capacity Building Project for the school. 

According to the Deputy Minister, it is important that Ghanaians acquire requisite skills needed to be at the forefront of Ghana’s petroleum industry.  

He indicated that government will soon rollout a new programme dubbed the ‘Accelerated Oil and Gas Capacity Building Programme’ to build the capacity of state institutions and improve local content in the petroleum sector. 

The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Elvis Nyarko said the project has provided them with state of the art equipment to build capacity to support the local content policy and also train Ghanaians to operate in the sector.

He reiterated that the University is now well equipped to provide training in both the petroleum upstream and downstream sectors. 

Project Coordinator of the OGCBP, Mr. Alex Kyei, indicated that the Ministry is collaborating with RMU to train 500 welders in order for them to be certified.  

The Deputy Minister and his entourage including the Chief Director of the Ministry, Mr. Lawrence Apaalse, toured the Well Control Simulator Lab, Process Operator Simulator Lab, Drilling Fluids Lab and Electrical Lab of the university.
 

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