The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) says it will comply with the Chief of Staff\u2019s directive for the authority not to renew the $63, 000 rent agreement\u00a0for its\u00a0current head office.<\/p>\n
The Chief of Staff\u2019s directive comes in the wake of raging public anger over the NPA’s decision\u00a0to dole out $63,000 monthly\u00a0\u00a0as rent\u00a0for \u00a0the building.<\/p>\n
The Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the NPA, Yaro Kasambata told\u00a0Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0the Authority plans to move into its own offices after the expiration of the rent at the current building.<\/p>\n He said the NPA will speed up work on their new office complex to enable them move out of their current building at East Legon.<\/p>\n He lamented over public perception that the NPA put no thought into renting a $63,000 a month office complex.<\/p>\n \u201cWe went through a certain process. We didn\u2019t arrive at this arbitrarily as if Mr. Asaga [NPA CEO] started work and within a month, he forced us out of the place and we came to where we are,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The NPA\u2019s PRO narrated that a team went round looking for a suitable office space and \u201cSilver Star towers was $30 per square meter, SSNIT Emporium which is a government building was going for $40 per square meter. The Millennium Heights $25 per square meter but where we are now, we got it for $23 per square meter.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Kasambata insisted the current office complex was not rented due to any relationship between Alex Mould; former NPA boss and the landlord.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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