{"id":459698,"date":"2018-01-30T08:30:22","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T08:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/01\/30\/put-tor-in-skillful-hands-kwame-jantuah\/"},"modified":"2018-01-30T08:30:22","modified_gmt":"2018-01-30T08:30:22","slug":"put-tor-in-skillful-hands-kwame-jantuah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/01\/30\/put-tor-in-skillful-hands-kwame-jantuah\/","title":{"rendered":"Put TOR in skillful hands \u2013 Kwame Jantuah"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A Member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee Kwame Jantuah has called on government to be bold and pay attention to the\u00a0 managerial aspect of the Tema Oil Refinery.<\/p>\n

His call comes after a think-tank accused the management of TOR of factionalism, vindictiveness and poor management practices.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, technical and operational lapses, factionalism, vindictiveness, mismanagement, absence of teamwork, lack of due diligence have consumed Tema Oil Refinery and is causing financial loss to the state\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTOR\u2019s Crude Distillation Unit (CDU) which was started on 2nd January 2018 after a delayed turnaround maintenance for 9 months as against a 3-month scheduled program due to poor planning; had to undergo a forced-shutdown as a result of non-compliance to procedures and practices. As a practice, every maintenance work should have been concluded with a Post-turnaround report to validate the integrity of the major parts and components. From post start-up developments, it is clear that the integrity of the Plant\u2019s major parts were not established before the rush start-up,\u201d The Institute for Energy Security said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Francis Abban on Morning Starr Tuesday, Mr. Jantuah said government must be critical about who manages TOR.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is time government takes control. There is a managerial part of TOR and we need those with the skills to manage it. It is a shame that we cannot handle an oil refinery. It is absolute shame. The political football that we\u2019ve used TOR for has not helped us at all. In Brazil, if you have not been in the industry for long, you cannot manage the Energy Ministry. This is not to say our Energy Minister is not qualified to be the Minister of the sector.\u00a0If we are done paying the TOR Debt Recovery Levy, why are we still paying? We need answers.TOR is still where it is\u2026it doesn\u2019t make sense. We should be refining and exporting to other countries by now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Source: Ghana\/StarrFMonline.com<\/p>\n

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