Dominic Eduah
Executive Director of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) Foundation Dominic Eduah has stressed that the foundation will continue to impact positively on the lives of people and communities within the production enclave of GNPC.Â
GNPC Foundation is the Corporate Social Investment arm of GNPC.
According to him, the foundation is poised to improve upon the social conditions of Ghanaians under its three pillars of economic empowerment, education and training, environment and social amenities.
He indicated that the foundation was working to realise the government’s vision of seeing an increased impact of oil operation in the Western Region and the country in general.
The executive director of the GNPC Foundation was speaking to DAILY GUIDE after inspecting some ongoing projects by the foundation in the Sekondi-Takoradi Metropolis yesterday.
The projects included a guest facility, administrative office, library and computer laboratory for the Western Regional House of Chiefs in Sekondi.
The rest were 160-bed capacity hostel with ancillary facilities for the Sekondi School for the Deaf; six-unit classroom block for Sekondi College and another six-unit classroom block for Methodist Senior High School at Kansaworodo.
He also inspected a 12-unit toilet facility at Assakae Market near Takoradi; 24-unit sanitary facility for Bompeh Senior High School also in Takoradi; eight-unit toilet facility for Nana Katabra ‘A’ Basic School and an artificial turf for the Effiakuma community.
He told DAILY GUIDE that the inspection was to help acquaint himself with the various projects the foundation had initiated in the Western Region.
At the Bompeh Senior High School where a 24-unit sanitary facility was being constructed, Mr Eduah commended the contractors for a good work done and disclosed that the project was about 80 per cent completed.
He pointed out that currently the foundation was embarking on about 70 projects under its three pillars in some communities nationwide that would help improve the living standards of the inhabitants.
Mr. Eduah mentioned that the GNPC Foundation was offering scholarships to Ghanaian students to pursue various courses and providing boreholes to communities to help provide potable water for the residents in the communities.
On sports development, Mr. Eduah pointed out that the GNPC was constructing some artificial pitches to support government’s agenda to enhance sporting activities.
From Emmanuel Opoku, Takoradi