Managing Director of Quantum Power Ghana Gas, Ruben Atekpe says their project takes off Ghana’s burden of dependence on West Africa Gas which has not been reliable. The project estimated around $600 million will provide power plants within Tema region with gas and is expected to save Ghana about $300 million yearly in fuel cost. … Read more
PRESSURE group, Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG), has jumped to the defence of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) on the recent power outages in the country. AFAG in a statement issued yesterday in Accra and signed by its leaders including Arnold Boateng, Henry Asante, Davids Opoku Asante and Wesley Owusu stated that the recent … Read more
The former Deputy Minister of Power, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, has stated that the current power outages the country is facing cannot be attributed to failure on the part of the immediate past National Democratic Congress (NDC) government to increase power generation. That, he said, was because the past government had increased the country’s installed … Read more
Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says former President John Dramani Mahama would have ended the ‘dumsor’ crises confronting the economy if Ghanaians hadn’t voted his government out of power. According to him, the previous government made several interventions to improve the energy sector before exiting office. Mr. … Read more
Allotey Jacobs has asked the Government of Ghana to fix the energy challenges in the country and stop their blame games. According to him, the ruling NPP government has no excuse to give Ghanaians because they were voted into power to address the energy issues. Speaking on Peace FM’s ‘Kokrokoo’, Allotey Jacobs noted that the … Read more
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has coined a new phrase for ‘dumsor’, ‘pressor pressor’, which means “on and off” to taunt government for the erratic power situation being experienced across the country. Wrapping up the Minority’s debate on President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s maiden State of the Nation address in parliament on Wednesday, 1 March, the … Read more
Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Akufo-Addo led government to be humble and reach out to them to fix the power crisis that has plagued the country. According to Koku Anyidoho, the current frustrations by Ghanaians will last longer than anticipated if government does not step up … Read more
An Internet & Digital Marketing consultant, Kwabena Okyire Appianing has called on social media enthusiasts to embrace the vast opportunities of social media platforms to transform their lives, businesses and the nation. Mr Appianing noted the constant unrefined content posted, read or shared on various social media platforms stems from the fact that many users … Read more
It is irritating to be hearing past officials of the John Mahama administration including former Deputy Minister of Power John Jinapor and Edward Bawa, former energy consultant to the Ministry of Power, blaming the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government for the power situation in the country, Ishmael Edjekumhene, Executive Director, Kumasi Institute of Technology & … Read more
Communications Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Solomon Nkansah has called on the Akufo-Addo administration to solicit the help of ‘energy experts’ within the NDC to help solve the power crisis, known as ‘Dumsor’. These ‘NDC energy experts’, he said can help the new administration solve the crisis since they already have the track … Read more
Former Deputy Minister for Youth and Sports, Joseph Yammin is accusing General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church of “changing his sermons to divert public attention from President Akufo Addo’s incompetence.” According to Yammin, Pastor Mensah Otabil prior to the December 2016 general elections converted his pulpit into a political platform subjecting the erstwhile … Read more
Ghana’s energy sector debt is GHS1.3billion not GHS2.4billion as announced to parliament by President Nana Akufo-Addo during his maiden State of the Nation Address, former Deputy Energy Minister John Jinapor has said. According to the Yapei legislator, a reconciliation of the entire energy sector debt between the Mahama government and the World Bank in November … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta Region, John Kwabena Oti Bless, has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of creating artificial power crisis in the country. According him, the John Mahama administration fixed the electricity crisis before handing over the governance of the country to the current administration, claiming the recent power … Read more
The opposition National Democratic Congress has washed its hands off the looming power crisis in the country claiming it bequeathed to Nana Akufo-Addo a robust, resilient power sector. The former Deputy Power Minister John Jinapor said under no circumstance must the John Mahama led government be blamed for the power paralysis popularly called dumsor which … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta Region, John Kwabena Oti Bless, has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of creating artificial power crisis in the country. According him, the John Mahama administration fixed the electricity crisis before handing over the governance of the country to the current administration, claiming the recent power … Read more
Claims by former Deputy Power Minister John Jinapor that the John Mahama administration bequeathed a stable power sector to the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government is a palpable lie, the chairman of the parliamentary select committee on Energy and Mines, William Owuraku Aidoo, has said. Mr Jinapor on Tuesday February 28 on the floor of … Read more
The Government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo should reach out to the erstwhile John Mahama administration to provide them with tuition on how to fix the prevailing erratic power supply in the country, locally christened ‘dumsor’, John Jinapor, a former Deputy Minister of Power and Member of Parliament for Yapei, has said. According to him, … Read more
One of the major drivers of every economy is the constant supply of electricity. The resource allows industry and businesses, in general, to run their machinery and equipment at optimum capacity to produce goods for local consumption or for export. Its persistent supply, therefore, ensures predictability of revenue, first to the private sector and then … Read more
The erstwhile Mahama administration has strongly rejected assertions by the Energy Ministry that it is to blame for the return of the country’s unending erratic power supply. Speaking Tuesday, February 28, 2017 on the floor of parliament, former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor said under no circumstance should the country revisit the dreaded power crisis … Read more
African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) says Ghanaians should seriously consider solar power as an alternative source of energy in the wake of a protracted energy crisis. ACEP Deputy Director Ben Boakye told Joy FM’s Super Morning Show Tuesday, an important barrier to solar power, which is cost, has reduced significantly enough for consumers to … Read more