Member of Parliament for Ellembelle, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah has said the era of erratic power supply known as ‘dumsor’ has been brought back under the Akufo-Addo administration despite the problem being solved by former President John Dramani Mahama.
The former Energy Minister disclosed that he has personally informed President John Dramani Mahama to prepare to encounter dumsor if he is sworn in as president.
He alleged that the current situation has been necessitated by the incompetence, mismanagement, and corruption under this administration.
He said that although the country is experiencing load shedding and hence there should be a timetable, the government and its assigns and officials are insulting the intelligence and sensitivity of Ghanaians by refusing to release the timetable.
He maintained that the government is unable to purchase enough fuel to power some of the thermal plants due to financial constraints, leading to generation challenges.
In an interview on Rainbow Radio 92.4 FM, UK, he sai
d the former president made several investments in the energy sector, which helped resolve the crisis before he left office.
He said the NPP even blamed Mahama for providing excess capacity but has today renamed the AMERI Thermal Plant as if it were a project they initiated.
‘This government has not added a single megawatt of power to what it inherited; however, it has mismanaged the energy it inherited and plunged the country into another energy crisis. Former President John Dramani Mahama resolved the energy crisis before leaving office through the number of investments and infrastructure projects he embarked on.
…But this government has destroyed all these gains made in the energy sector. It was not easy to resolve the crisis, but the visionary Mills-Mahama government was focused, and through the several investments made, it was resolved.
“The Mahama administration brought in the Ameri Plant, the Karpowership, and others as part of the efforts to resolve the crisis, but today, the current administrat
ion has destroyed the gains. Aside from these, the Mahama administration, which faced power crisis head-on, introduced the Energy Sector Levy (ESLA) to address the legacy debts, crippling stakeholders in the value chain, and lobbied the US government for Compact II of the Millennium Challenge Account, $500 million to retool the ECG to reduce commercial losses affecting the company’s operations,” he stated.
He assured that the upcoming NDC government, led by John Dramani Mahama, will effectively tackle the crisis due to his extensive experience.
Source: Ghana Web
