President John Evans Atta Mills has issued a stern warning to Ghanaians and non-Ghanaians with parochial interest in country’s emerging oil industry to stay off or face the consequences.
The President said many vampires have evaded the country with a view to reap where they have not sown.
Addressing a cross-section of Ghanaians in Bern in Switzerland on a 3-day official visit at the invitation of the Swiss President, President Mills said government will sincerely protect the country’s oil resources from those he described as “vampires" who want to benefit at the expense of the many Ghanaians whose lives need to be improved.
“Ghana has been blessed in so many ways with the latest being the discovery of oil and gas. But my brothers and sisters let me sound a note of warning. We want the oil and gas to be a blessing not a curse. "Already there are so many vampires who are invading Ghana. And I want to warn both Ghanaians and non- Ghanaians that we are not going to sit down and allow our God given resources to be mismanaged. The people of Ghana must benefit from these resources” he said.
President Mills said Government is only concerned about the national interest as far as the oil revenues are concerned, and would not be distracted by the barrage of criticisms from interested individuals and groups.
“In the recent past, so much has been written and said, but we are guided by only one which is the national interest. But in pursuing the national interest we have to be fair, transparent and objective. This is what we are trying to do and all kinds of interpretations have been given, but we are not going to be distracted.
"We are going to remain focus because we want to leave a better Ghana for future generations. It is for those people that we are toiling. Let them come and meet something that they can be proud of and let’s also leave something that we ourselves will be proud of” he added.
President Mills is hopeful that his visit to Switzerland will yield good returns for the business community.
Accompanying the President is a host of business leaders including Vice President of the Ghana Chamber of Commerce and MP for Nkawkaw, Seth Agyei Baah, Managing Director of CAL Bank Frank Adu and the Chief Executive Officer of GIPC, George Aboagye.
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