Ghana to begin exportation of gas to Burkina Faso, Mali soon

Ghana’s President, John Mahama, has said that the country will soon start gas export to neighbouring Burkina Faso and Mali.
This was contained in an online statement issued by the Presidency.
The statement quoted Mahama as saying this when Sini Pierre, the outgoing Burkinabe Ambassador to Ghana, visited him in Accra.
The President said the export would commence as soon as the West Africa Gas Pipeline and Power Pool Project was completed.
“With that additional gas available, Ghana’s energy production will increase and it will be possible for us to share that production with our neighbours,” the statement quoted him as saying.
The WAGP was conceived in the early 1980s by the Economic Community of West African States and the governments of Nigeria, Ghana, Benin and Togo.
The project was envisaged to function as a vehicle for facilitating clean natural gas supply and a tool for regional integration.
Mahama also said that trade and commercial activities would soon be expanded with Burkina Faso through increased evacuation of goods through the ports.
He also said that commercial links in tomatoes, maize and other relevant food crops would be strengthened between the two countries.
He added: “Ghana exports maize and timber to Burkina Faso while Burkina Faso also exports tomato to Ghana.
“Both countries also share common ethnic backgrounds and languages.
“Tthese are common issues that we need to strengthen.”
The statement also disclosed that the Ghanaian president received Dr. Renate Schimkoreit, the outgoing German Ambassador Extraordinary to Ghana.