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The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has defended its regulatory inspections, stressing that they are intended to protect investments in Ghana’s downstream petroleum sector rather than punish operators. Speaking during a panel discussion at the Ghana International Petroleum Conference, the Chief Executive Officer of the NPA, Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, urged petroleum service providers to view inspections as a vital risk management …

The High Court in Accra has sentenced the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, to 20 years’ imprisonment on each of the two counts for which he was convicted in the Akonta Mining illegal mining case. The sentences will run concurrently. In addition to the prison term, the court …

The Criminal Court 4 Division of the High Court in Accra has found the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly known as Chairman Wontumi, guilty in the illegal mining case involving Akonta Mining Company Limited’s concession at Samreboi in the Western Region. The judgment also covers Akonta Mining Company Limited and another accused …