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'Journalists Must Expose Corruption in Oil Sector'

An Accra-based oil and gas Consultant, Prof. Kwaku Appiah-Adu, has charged journalists in Ghana to carry in-depth investigative stories on the oil and gas sector. According to him, if journalists are involved and showed more interest in uncovering the unreported stories in the sector, the issues of perceived corruption, lack of transparency, and accountability on the part of key players in the oil sector would be minimised. Prof. Appiah-Adu, who is also a Vice Dean of the Central Business School at Central University College, was addressing some selected senior journalists at the ongoing one-week capacity building workshop being organised in Accra by PENPLUSBYTES. The training seeks to equip the journalists to be able to educate the populace, play their watchdog role, and be able to ask the right questions from duty bearers, as well as ensuring transparency and accountability in the sector. The workshop, which is being sponsored by Star Ghana, is one of