The Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), Mr. Godwin Kudzo Tameklo has inaugurated a 16-member multi-stakeholder Bitumen Technical Committee to guide the use of bitumen in road construction .
The inauguration which took place on June 17,2026 saw the 16-member committee being tasked with ensuring the development of a robust regulatory framework to guide the quality, regulation, and use of bitumen in Ghana’s road construction sector.
The committee will be chaired by Mr. Abass Tasunti, Director of Economic Regulation and Planning (ER&P) at the NPA, with Ms. Bridgette A. Turkson, Acting Director of the Licensing Directorate serving as Co-Chair.
Other members include representatives from the NPA’s Quality Assurance, Licensing, Inspections Monitoring and HSE, and Economic Regulation and Planning Directorates, as well as key stakeholders from the Ghana Highways Authority (GHA), Ghana Standards Authority (GSA), Ghana Revenue Authority (Customs Division), and the Ministry of Roads and Highways.
The Bitumen industry though having existed in Ghana for several years still lacks a dedicated regulatory framework governing key activities such as importation, storage, transportation, distribution and quality assurance.
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