President Akufo-Addo has nominated Mr. Francis Boateng as the new Managing Director for the Tema Oil Refinery following the resignation of Mr Kweku Asante Berko.

Mr Asante Berko left the post following allegations of his involvement in a bribery scandal by the Securities and Exchange Commission in the U.S.A.

Mr. Francis Boateng was until his appointment, the General Manager for Commercial Operations at the Ghana National Gas Company.

He was previously engaged as a consultant, working in the capacity of Contracts and Fuel Manager during the project implementation phase of a 350MW Combined Cycle Power Plant for Cenpower Generation Company Limited (Cenpower), an Independent Power Producer (IPP) company in Ghana.