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GNPC’s KK Sarpong and Freddie Blay directors of an off-shore oil company – ACEP alleges
KK Sarpong and Freddie Blay are directors of an oil company
The company is registered in a tax haven
ACEP alleged GNPC is seeking to assign the company some oil blocs
Ghana National Petroleum Commission’s CEO and Board Chairman are directors of an oil company registered in a tax haven of the Cayman Islands, Africa Centre for Energy Policy, ACEP, has alleged.
According to ACEP, their checks revealed that GNPC is seeking to assign interests in some of Ghana oil blocks to the company known as Jubilee Oil Holdings.
These allegations were levelled by ACEP’s Policy Lead for Petroleum and Conventional Energy, Kodzo Yaotse at a news conference in Accra.
The alleged transaction, Mr. Yaotse said, relates to GNPC’s quest to acquire 7% commercial interest in the oil blocs of Ghana.
“Jubilee Oil Holdings is registered in the Cayman Islands with Kofi Koduah [KK] Sarpong and Freddie Blay as directors,” he said.
He noted that “ACEP’s search has not yet ascertained the beneficial owners of Jubilee Oil Holdings but the representation of Dr. Sarpong, GNPC CEO and Freddie Blay, GNPC Board Chair in the general registry of Cayman Islands is not enough proof that GNPC is the owner of Jubilee Oil Holdings.
“However, in the absence of evidence of shareholders of Jubilee Oil Holdings we [ACEP] proceed with the assumption that GNPC owns the company. While the corporation has not provided public information on the strategic essence of this approach, the unofficial explanation received by ACEP indicates that the corporation intends to use the off-shore company to pay off the loans for the acquisition before the interest reverts to GNPC Explorco.”
Kodzo Yaotse further indicated that ACEP is in support of an acquisition of the 7% interest in the Jubilee and the Ten fields, however, “the right processes must be followed in respect of Ghanaian laws and proper corporate governance practices that project GNPC among its peers on accountability benchmarks.
“How the corporation has become broke from a strong cash position in the early years of oil production is a major subject for government attention…the corporation must find ways to fit into a philosophy that will advance the overall national interest rather than an attempt to evade the dictates of the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) with convoluted schemes such as the new efforts to relocate asserts in Ghana to the Cayman Islands,” he added.
GNPC nor the government is yet to comment on ACEP’s allegations.
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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