Oil discovery in Ghana to create big market for salt

Adina, June 25, GNA- Mr Kofi Dzamesi, Volta Regional Minister at the weekend urged salt producing areas to brace up for the expected boom in the industry in the wake of the discovery of crude oil in commercial quantities in Ghana.

Mr Dzamesi who was addressing the maiden "Layiyi Za" or Fish Smoking Festival of the chiefs and people of Adina, a fishing community in the Ketu District said huge volumes of salt would be needed for processing crude oil, when drilling begins.

Apart from being a major fishing post, Adina produces a lot of salt from its lagoon waters.

Mr Dzamesi said Adina and other coastal communities could have jetties constructed at their beaches to facilitate the lifting of salt for use in the industrial zones of the country. He observed that the discovery of oil in Ghana should be good news for all salt mining areas.

Mr Dzamesi assured the people that the process of governance, with its checks and balances, should make it impossible for the dissipation of revenue from oil. 25 June 07