Mr Mark Agyemang, a Project Consultant, has encouraged the government use part of the crude oil and mining income to finance free primary healthcare for the horrible and willing in society.
“Just due to the fact the government is financing Free Senior High School with income from crude oil to beautify training withinside the united states, it could moreover bear in mind implementing similar intervention for the health sector for the horrible and willing,” he said.
Mr Agyemang made the choice on the sidelines of an engagement dialogue board amongst Friends of the Nation (FON), a non-governmental organisation, and the Ministry of Finance, in Accra, to talk approximately troubles regarding the extractive sector.
He made proposals to be considered at the same time as reviewing the Petroleum Revenue Management Act (PRMA) with a view to make the regulation extra pro-horrible.
The FoN, together with some queen mothers from the Western Region, known as on the Ministry on proposals to be considered at a few degree withinside the alternate of the PRMA.
This comes after the NGO went throughout the united states to expose some duties and programmes being financed with petroleum income.
Mr Agyemang, who have become the Lead Project Consultant withinside the proposed compare of the PRMA, said training, health and social services ought to be equitably financed to benefit all citizens, specifically the horrible and the willing.
He moreover known as for an advanced and targeted disbursement of the oil income to the agricultural sector.
Mr Agyemang said all roads being financed with the petroleum income ought to be related to agriculture production hubs to beautify the sector.
“Agriculture is a issue place withinside the development of the economy, but most of the investments withinside the sector were now now not targeted at improving agricultural production,” Mr Agyemang observed.
Mr Agyemang, therefore, appealed to the Finance Ministry to conduct an impact assessment and duties assessment on how oil income have been utilised over the previous few years.
That, he said, should help the government to recognize and recognize in which investments were bringing the wanted dividends and areas that needed to be relooked at withinside the disbursement process.
Nana Akosua Gyamfiaba, the Acting Queen mother for Shama Traditional Area, appealed to the Ministry to collect agro-processing facilities for girls farmers.
“We appealed to the Ministry to provide cold storage facilities for fishmongers withinside the Region,” she added.
The Acting Queenmother moreover known as on the Ministry to provide low-interest loans for girls farmers to allow them to scale-up production.
Mr Joseph Sarpong, the Head of Energy and Petroleum Unit at the Finance Ministry, said the troubles raised thru manner of manner of the NGO, the Project Consultant and key stakeholders will be considered at the same time as reviewing the PRMA.
Mr Sarpong said the Ministry had already commenced inputting some of the proposals withinside the compare process.
The PRMA have become passed in 2011 and have become amended in 2015.
However, in 2019 the Ministry of Finance constituted a Review Committee to start alternate of the Act to fulfill contemporary goals.
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