- NOVA, a wholly owned Ghanaian oil marketing company, promotes green energy in Ghana by donating clean cooking stoves.
- After receiving the clean cooking stoves, the commercial food cooking businesses thanked the company for providing them.
NOVA, a wholly owned Ghanaian oil marketing company and a subsidiary of the CH Group, is promoting green energy in Ghana following its donation of clean cooking stoves to local food cooking businesses in Weta in the Volta Region.
Speaking at the donation of clean cooking stoves to local food-cooking businesses at NOVA Weta fuel filling station Accra-Aflao Road, Weta-Afiadenyigba Junction, the Managing Director of NOVA, Kwasi Zigah, explained that NOVA is bringing green energy to those communities as part of its commitment to promoting clean cooking.
“We want to support the Government of Ghana’s bold vision of carbon neutrality by 2024. Charcoal is carbon intensive, so using charcoal for cooking means that you are contributing to green gas emissions.
“By donating clean cooking stoves to the commercial food cooking operators, we promote businesses and take them off charcoal. We aim to empower women in rural areas and other communities, and the clean cooking stoves we just donated are meant for chop bars and the community hotel”, he added.
The government is looking to penetrate the cooking market by 2030 to ensure 50 per cent penetration. This means that every home in Ghana should have clean cooking energy, and NOVA is proud to be a part of that, Zigah stated.
“When you bring in your old cylinder, we will exchange it for you with a new cylinder with gas in it. You pay for the gas and not for the cylinder. We are also able to deliver gas to your doorstep within minutes”.
After receiving the clean cooking stoves, the commercial food cooking businesses thanked the company for the stoves and promised to use them for their intended purpose. Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Ms Mary Poasiegah said, “We are so happy because things are very expensive these days.
“If we were to buy these clean cooking stoves from the market right now, they would be very expensive. But NOVA just called us to come for the free stoves. We are so very happy with the stoves, and we are very grateful to NOVA for the donation.”
NOVA is the trading name for Westol Petroleum Limited, a subsidiary of the CH Group. NOVA currently operates ten fuel-filling stations in Ghana, including Anyaa, Ayanfuri, Nsawam, Shama, Ashaiman, Anaji, Bogoso, Adjinriganor, and Takoradi Nsuaem.