Penplusbytes organizes oil forum for media

Penplusbytes is organizing a Media and Civil Society forum in Accra as part of the ongoing “Empowering the Media to Play Active Watchdog Role over Oil and Gas Revenue and Resources” project supported by STAR- Ghana.

The forum scheduled for Thursday July 10, is on the theme: “Assessing Oil and Gas in Ghana Governance and Accountability Framework”, a statement copied to the GNA said on Wednesday.

The forum is expected to bring together journalists and CSOs with the aim of increasing oil and gas information and knowledge exchange, leading to opportunities for national dialogue on key oil and gas revenue management issues and also for a better understanding of relevant issues in the oil and gas industry for better advocacy, networking and partnership building.

Mr Kwami Ahiabenu II, President of Penplusbytes said, “the forum is intended to bring civil society organizations together to discuss how information and knowledge can be shared between stakeholders as they work to hold government accountable in the better management of Ghana oil and gas sector”.

Participants for the forum includes 10 journalists currently undergoing oil and gas training programme with Penplusbytes as well as 20 oil and gas course alumni.

Key speakers expected to address the forum include Mr. Victor Brobbey from the Centre for Democratic Development Ghana (CDD), who will be making a presentation on the topic; ‘Transparency of the Revenue Act’, and Dr. Stephen K. Donyinah of the Chemical Engineering Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), who would deliver a paper on the topic ‘Engineering and Technological Challenges of the oil and gas Industry in Ghana.’