Given the negative attention that international oil companies have attracted in recent times, in respect of the perceived greed that underline their business practices, and sometimes disregard for environmental standards, it appears the Jubilee partners operating in Ghana's flagship commercial oil field are desirous to tell a different tale by ensuring that host communities also reap from their profits.

In the wake of increasing expectation of a positive impact of Ghana's oil revenues on the lives of the citizenry, it is becoming clear that such impacts will be difficult to tell if oil revenue expenditures in Ghana's budget are not disaggregated. "Once the oil revenues are not disaggregated in the budget, it will be difficult to tell how much has been allocated to the various sectors," argues Mohammed Amin Adam, Africa Against Poverty (AAP) Programme Coordinator at Ibis West Africa.