BudglT Ghana In Collaboration With Ford Foundation Launch Reports On PIAC And GNPC Activities
Global Director of BudgIT Ghana Ghana, Mr. Oluseun Onigbinde stressed, they realized that the PIAC identified lapses of institutions in all natural resources including petroleum but don't have the mandates to prosecute.
Freeman Koryekpor 
The civic organization that applies technology to ensures transparency and accountability, BudgIT Ghana in collaboration with Ford Foundation has launched a report on Public Interest And Accountability Committee (PIAC) in oil sector and Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC's) vision and activities to impact lives through community engagement.
Speaking at the official launch of the report, the Global Director of BudgIT Ghana, Mr. Oluseun Onigbinde stressed, they realized that the PIAC identified lapses of institutions in all natural resources including petroleum but don't have the mandates to prosecute.
In this sense, Mr Onigbinde, therefore, called on government to review PIAC's mandates to be able to sanction or prosecute any misuse of petroleum revenue in its reports.
Mr.Oluseun further explained, the report also revealed that, government delays its fundings to PIAC's operational activities, which he said was not the best.
He indicated that the PIAC also delays publishing its report on its operations, which BudglT Ghana recommends that government must focus on building PIAC'S capacity to deliver on its mandates.
Furthermore, BudgIT Ghana recommended PIAC to provide independent assessment also ensures to organize public forum to engage stakeholders and report to media on all governanment activities.
The immediate past Chairman of Public Interest And Accountability Committee, Dr. Emmanuel Steve Asare Manteaw who doubles as a policy analyst and a communication strategist urged government to empower PIAC to prosecute any misuse of petroleum revenue.
Dr Steve encouraged PIAC to collaborate with the Commission of Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) in going to the law court to prosecute offenders in their reports on the natural resources sector.
He noted that it has emerged that the country is making a huge money from its mineral resources yet still the country is not making progress to improve the lives of Ghanaians, particularly those staying minerals endowed communities in due to corrupt practices of some state officials.
For his part, the Acting Country Lead of BudgIT Ghana, Mr. Felix Ankrah also called on GNPC to be transparency of its activities by creating awareness of GNPC's projects and also prioritise community engagement and Consultation.
