{"id":607318,"date":"2019-04-12T15:13:40","date_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n2019-04-12\n\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/04\/4791116"},"modified":"2019-04-12T15:13:40","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:13:40","slug":"ghana-gas-to-pay-20m-dividend-to-government-this-year-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/12\/ghana-gas-to-pay-20m-dividend-to-government-this-year-pro\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana Gas to pay $20m dividend to government this year \u2013 PRO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Friday, 12 April 2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>starrfm.com.gh<\/p>\n<p>2019-04-12<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/47911163.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ernest Owusu Bempah GhanaGas\" title=\"Ernest Owusu Bempah GhanaGas\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ernest Owusu Bempah, Head of Communications at Ghana Gas Company Limited<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> The Head of Communications at Ghana Gas Company Limited Ernest Owusu Bempah has noted despite the legacy debts in the energy sector Ghana Gas will soon pay a dividend to the Government of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government is doing something about it, it is a cyclical debt in the energy sector and the Ministry of Finance is dealing with it. Basically, that issue does not arise because VRA is paying as we (Ghana Gas ) hold the Gas in trust of Ghana National Petroleum Commission(GNPC) so technicalities are involved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAside that Ghana Gas is doing other projects like supplying close to 60 percent of Liquified Petroleum Gas(LPG) as well; that is giving us money; and this year, am disclosing to you we are the only company that is going to pay dividend to the Government of Ghana of about 20 million dollars\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that a lot of savings and prudent spending has been undertaken under the Dr Ben Asante administration that has resulted in the Company acquiring an ultra modern office and increasing its employment figures to over 600.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026Just one and a half months savings of staff indigenization was used to purchase our ultra-modern office in Accra; the Company was staying in somebody\u2019s house; a semi-detached house having about 10 people in one office.<\/p>\n<p>This time around we have the best office in the modern history of a corporate environment; that tells you that prudent management has resulted in that\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Friday, 12 April 2019 Source: starrfm.com.gh 2019-04-12 Ernest Owusu Bempah, Head of Communications at Ghana Gas Company Limited The Head of Communications at Ghana Gas Company Limited Ernest Owusu Bempah has noted despite the legacy debts in the energy sector Ghana Gas will soon pay a dividend to the Government of Ghana. 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