{"id":443316,"date":"2017-12-03T18:11:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-03T18:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/spend-oil-proceeds-wisely-government-urged\/"},"modified":"2017-12-03T18:11:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-03T18:11:08","slug":"spend-oil-proceeds-wisely-government-urged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/03\/spend-oil-proceeds-wisely-government-urged\/","title":{"rendered":"Spend oil proceeds wisely &#8211; Government urged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Sunday,  3 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghanacrusader.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-03<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/50333870.295.jpg\" alt=\"Oil  Rig\" title=\"Oil  Rig\" width=\"295\" height=\"199\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Government has been called upon to stick to regulations  governing the spending of oil proceeds<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512324668_144_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Mr Ishmael Ejekumhene, the Executive Director of the Kumasi Institute of Technology and Environment (KITE), has called on government to stick to regulations governing the spending of oil proceeds as passed by parliament.<\/p>\n<p>He said a strict adherence of the law would help end the situation where millions of petroleum revenue is wasted on projects that can hardly be accounted for.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ejukum-Hene said this at a stakeholder\u2019s workshop in Accra organized by KITE, in collaboration with the Ghana Centre for Democratic Development and the Africa Centre for Energy Policy, to disseminate the findings of a 3-year study on how Ghana has utilised the proceeds from its petroleum resources.<\/p>\n<p>He said research conducted by KITE has revealed that, many of the projects being funded by the oil proceeds from the year 2010-2016 cannot be located or found in some of the mentioned communities.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ejukum-Hene said such missing projects are rampant in areas such as school buildings and irrigation projects.<\/p>\n<p>He blamed the missing projects on the lack of monitoring and too much spending.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Ejukum-Hene said the 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