He was addressing students of Business and Applied Sciences of
the Takoradi Polytechnic to mark the launch of their week celebration
in Takoradi.
His topic was on the “Oil discovery, the task and opportunities
available for the polytechnic graduate”.
Dr Nduom expressed concern about oil companies such as Tullow,
Kosmos and others locating their head offices in Accra instead of the
Western Region and said this was misplaced.
He said other natural resources were discovered in the region such
as gold, bauxite, diamond and manganese but the region had been left
worse off financially and environmentally degraded.
“The Western Region has so far been a loser in the development
struggle, we must work harder to make sure this is not repeated with
the oil discovery”, Dr Nduom said.
He said communities in which these resources had been mined over
the years had not been transformed into modern, healthy and prosperous
ones even though they had produced huge amounts of wealth.
Dr Nduom said the oil industry should provide opportunities for all
and called on the government to provide a stable, selfless direction
and efficient public service.
He said Ghanaians should be careful not to let the oil industry
to become a commodity for politicians to offer as a prize to foreign
and domestic supporters who fund their campaigns.
Dr Nduom appealed to polytechnic graduates to study hard to be
advocates for change to ensure better living conditions for all.
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