{"id":375554,"date":"2017-11-20T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2017-11-20T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=375554"},"modified":"2017-11-19T20:41:58","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T20:41:58","slug":"citi-fms-obrempong-nominated-for-best-energy-reporter-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=375554","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM\u2019s Obrempong nominated for Best Energy Reporter award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Citi FM\u2019s<\/strong> Western Regional Correspondent, Obrempong Yaw Ampofo, has been nominated for the Best Energy Reporter Award, at the Ghana Energy Awards, scheduled for November 30, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana Energy Awards, which is being organized by Energy Media Group and GP Business Associates, seeks to recognize the efforts, innovation and excellent advocates within the energy sector, and to celebrate the tremendous work of the players.<\/p>\n<p>The Awards ceremony, which will be held on Thursday, 30th November 2017 at the Labadi Beach Hotel, is under the auspices of the World Energy Council Ghana, and Ghana\u2019s Ministry of Energy.<\/p>\n<p>Over the past years, Obrempong Yaw Ampofo has been largely focusing his reportage on Ghana\u2019s extractive sector \u2013 mining and energy, producing online and on air reports to highlight issues confronting the sector.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_375558\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-375558\" style=\"width: 540px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-375558 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-4.jpg 540w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4-4-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-375558\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Obrempong interviewed by DW TV crew on Ghana&#8217;s Oil Find.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He is the author of the Obrempong\u2019s Oil Diary, a regular publication which is dedicated to the energy sector and its peculiar challenges, and the \u201cObrempong Writes\u201d series, which is also dedicated to issues in the mining sector, particularly irresponsible<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/06\/19\/obrempong-asks-was-upper-denkyira-west-dce-right-after-all\/\"> mining practices<\/a><\/strong><\/span> and its effects on the environment.<\/p>\n<p>Obrempong is an Africa Center for Energy Policy, ACEP Media Fellow.<\/p>\n<p>The six months training program at ACEP afforded him the opportunity to be directly trained by Ghana\u2019s current Deputy Energy Minister, Dr. Mohammed Amin Adam, then Executive Director of ACEP, Executive Director of ACEP, Benjamin Boakye and Dr. Ismeal Ackah, an energy expert currently with the Planning Ministry of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>After the training, he was equipped enough to start his industry focused publications.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-375557 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3-4.jpg 736w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/3-4-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>His further association with the Co-Chair of the Ghana Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative GHEITI, Dr. Emmanuel Steve Asare Manteaw, who is also a member of the Public Interest and Accountability Committee PIAC, also afforded him the opportunity to understand the rather complex issues that play out in the oil and gas sector.<\/p>\n<p>Since he got into contact with the aforementioned personalities, he currently assists some civil society organizations to track how Ghana\u2019s oil revenues have been spent on different projects across the country.<\/p>\n<p>Some of Obrempong\u2019s works under the Obrempong\u2019s Oil Diary Series include but not limited to \u201c<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/23\/obrempongs-oil-diary-six-years-of-oil-in-the-eyes-of-labour\/\">Six years of Oil in the eyes of labour<\/a><\/strong><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/21\/obrempongs-oil-diary-who-is-buying-ghanas-oil-dr-manteaw-asks\/\">who is buying Ghana\u2019s Oil<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, Dr. Matneaw asks; <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/22\/obrempongs-oil-diary-the-proverbial-vulture-behind-fuel-explosions\/\">the proverbial vulture behind fuel explosions<\/a><\/strong><\/span>; <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/04\/10\/obrempongs-oil-diary-sacrificing-fishes-for-oil-a-galamsey-threat-offshore\/\">sacrificing fishes for oil<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, a galamsey threat offshore;<span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/02\/obrempongs-oil-diary-10-years-of-oil-in-ghana-the-story-so-far-video\/\"> 10 years of Oil in Ghana<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the story so far, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/17\/obrempong-writes-the-ecg-concession-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly\/\">the ECG Concession<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the good, the bad and the ugly; among others.<\/p>\n<p>The maiden Energy Awards with the theme; Energy for National Development: 60 years and Beyond\u201d is being supported by the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Commission, the Petroleum Commission, World Energy Council Ghana, Ghana Chamber of Bulk Oil Distributors, the Association of Oil Marketing Companies, Chamber of Petroleum Consumers &#8211; Ghana, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) among others.<br \/>\n&#8211;<br \/>\nBy: Ebenezer Afanyi Dadzie\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citi FM\u2019s Western Regional Correspondent, Obrempong Yaw Ampofo, has been nominated for the Best Energy Reporter Award, at the Ghana Energy Awards, scheduled for November 30, 2017. 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