As we foresaw ( AEI 794), TheophilusrnAhwireng’s days in the director’s seat atrnPetroleum Commission (Petcom) arernover. The powerful Ghanaian institutionrnis in charge of validating the country’s oilrndevelopments and ensure strict compliancernwith the local contact law voted inrn2013. Ahwireng has been replaced byrnEgbert Faibille, a lawyer and journalistrn(formerly editor at The Independent andrnThe Observer). When a practicing legalrnprofessional he defended the leaders ofrnthe ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) suchrnas its chairman for the Ashanti regionrnBernard Antwi Boasiako known asrnWontumi. He also represented NPPrndeputies in 2015 who rallied against thernGNPC’s move to raise $700 million on thernstock market without parliamentary consent.rnOriginally from the district of Weija/rnGbawe (south-east), Faibille almost stoodrnfor parliament on several occasions.
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