{"id":98534,"date":"2015-03-11T11:19:42","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=98534"},"modified":"2015-03-11T11:19:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-11T11:19:42","slug":"oteng-adjei-named-gnpc-board-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/oteng-adjei-named-gnpc-board-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Oteng Adjei named GNPC board chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"

The former Energy Minister, Dr Joe Oteng Adjei has reportedly been appointed as the board chairman of the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC).<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”VTwp2iDrc8TK1ycgzBL0yI6jLskwW3pg”]He was appointed the Minister for Energy in 2009 and reassigned to the\u00a0Ministry of Environment, Science and Technology in 2013.<\/p>\n

The former Minister has recently come under public criticism for using monies meant for rural electrification project to buy luxurious vehicles.<\/p>\n

He has also been accused of keeping one of the vehicles years after he was reassigned to the Ministry of Environment.<\/p>\n

Dr Adjei has however returned the luxurious vehicles explaining that he kept it because of \u00a0an agreement between his ministry and the Energy Ministry.<\/p>\n

Reports\u00a0\u00a0indicates that his appointment on the board has already been confirmed.<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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