Energy Minister calls for urgent transition to gas-to-power system

The Minister for Energy, John Jinapor, has emphasised the urgent need for Ghana to transition to a gas-to-power system to reduce costs and enhance efficiency in the energy sector.

Speaking at the recently concluded National Economic Dialogue (NED 2025) on Tuesday, March 4, he highlighted that continued reliance on liquid fuel is financially unsustainable and contributes to corruption and wastage.

“From what I am seeing, we immediately have to move into a gas-to-power era. The liquid fuel bills alone are about $1 billion this year.

"Half of that can build a gas processing plant that will save us about $600 million per annum. And so for me, that is something non-negotiable,” he stated.

According to him, Ghana has substantial gas reserves that remain under utilised, forcing the country to rely on costly liquid fuel imports.

“We have stranded gas that we cannot use, yet we have to buy liquid fuel. We must bring that gas processing plant on and cut the cost. That will also cut corruption and cut the wastage,” he added.