{"id":287213,"date":"2011-03-02T13:13:04","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T13:13:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/03\/02\/ghana-parliament-passes-petroleum-revenue-bill\/"},"modified":"2011-03-02T13:13:04","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T13:13:04","slug":"ghana-parliament-passes-petroleum-revenue-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/03\/02\/ghana-parliament-passes-petroleum-revenue-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Parliament passes petroleum revenue bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"46.1806020067\">\n<p>You Are Here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\">Home<\/a> \u00bb <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/lead-story\/\" title=\"View all posts in Lead Story\" rel=\"category tag\">Lead Story<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanabusinessnews.com\/category\/oil-and-gas\/\" title=\"View all posts in Oil &#038; Gas\" rel=\"category tag\">Oil &#038; Gas<\/a> \u00bb Ghana Parliament passes petroleum revenue bill<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t    \t<span>Page last updated at Wednesday, March 2, 2011 13:13 PM \/\/ <\/span>\n\t\t\t    <\/div>\n<p> <!--end: postmeta-->\t<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2d4e67aboil.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-196\" title=\"oil\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/2d4e67aboil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a>Ghana\u2019s Parliament today Wednesday March 2, 2011 passed the country\u2019s most talked about Petroleum Revenue Management Bill.<\/p>\n<p>Correspondents in Parliament tell ghanabusinessnews.com that the bill was taken through the third and final reading and passed before 12 noon. Parliament voted unanimously to agree on the bill after several amendments.<\/p>\n<p>Popular amongst the amendments is the Clause 5 which would allow Ghana to collateralize the country\u2019s oil revenue. In other words, it would allow the government to borrow against any future oil revenues.<\/p>\n<p>It would also set-up an independent regulatory body to regulate the oil industry in the country.<\/p>\n<p>By Emmanuel K. 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