The Ministry of Energy has assured Ghanaians the pockets of blackouts being experienced in parts of the country will end after today, February 27, 2017. It said completion of work at the TEN Fields paves way for stable power supply. “We wish to state that with the tie-in operation successfully completed, and coupled with the … Read more
Power supply in the country will normalize from today, Monday, February 27, 2017, the Ministry of Energy, has announced. A statement signed by the Communications Officer at the Energy Ministry, King A. Wellington, said: “We wish to state that with the tie-in operation successfully completed, and coupled with the measures we put in place including … Read more
The Ministry of Energy has assured Ghanaians the pockets of blackouts being experienced in parts of the country will end after today, February 27, 2017. It said completion of work at the TEN Fields paves way for stable power supply. “We wish to state that with the tie-in operation successfully completed, and coupled with the … Read more
The Ministry of Energy, has assured that power supply in the country will normalize from today, Monday, February 27, 2017. “We wish to state that with the tie-in operation successfully completed, and coupled with the measures we put in place including procurement of fuel and increased power supply from La Cote d’Ivoire, the [power] situation will … Read more
The Energy Ministry has assured consumers of stable power supply in 48hours following more than four weeks of inconsistent service. Technical advisor at the Ministry, Michael Opam, told JOY FM’s Super Morning Show Monday that 774MW is to be fed into the national grid after more than 650MW went off beginning last month. The 650MW … Read more
The world’s biggest oil exporter on Monday took the first step towards a goal of generating 9.5 GW of energy through solar and other renewable means. It invited local and international firms to try to qualify for bidding on two projects. One is for 300 MW of solar energy to be built in Al-Jouf province, … Read more
With the swearing-in of the last batch of ministerial nominees on Friday, President Akufo-Addo is set to announce the names of deputy ministers this week. Even though the president has a tight schedule this week with the delivery of his maiden State of the Nation Address (SoNA) tomorrow, Tuesday, February 21, to parliament among other … Read more
One of the three legislators who have alleged they were bribed to facilitate the approval of a ministerial nominee says he will pursue the matter until the truth is established. North Tongu MP, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has denied claims that he admitted that the bribery allegation against the Chair of the Appointments Committee of Parliament … Read more
Fresh evidence reaching Adom News indicate the Local Content Coordinator at the Ministry of Energy under the previous government, Afua Amissah asked two Tullow Oil officials to move items from Enterprise Development Centre (EDC) to the warehouse of Rigworld, a private company at Takoradi. This runs contrary to what Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) said … Read more
When Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) presented their handing over notes to the transition team in December 2016, they failed to mention anything about Enterprise Development Centre (EDC), a US$5million public-private partnership (PPP) project in Takoradi. EDC is a PPP project, between Tullow Oil and government (through GNPC), fitted with expensive state of the art … Read more
Speaker of Parliament, Professor Mike Ocquaye, will Tuesday act on a petition calling for an investigation into allegations that some MPs were bribed to approve the nomination of a minister-designate. Today’s move by the Speaker will be the first firm action since the allegations hit headlines on Friday. It is uncertain whether Prof Ocquaye will … Read more
Minority Leader Haruna Iddrisu has backed a full scale investigation into a bribery allegation, which has become an albatross on the neck of Parliament’s Appointment Committee over the weekend. A member of the committee had claimed that a presidential nominee for the Energy Ministry attempted bribing some members with 3,000 cedis each. The Bawku Central … Read more
The Center for Progressive Governance (CenProG) has noted with grave concern the happpenings on the Appointment Committee of Parliament since they begun vetting the first batch of ministerial nominees of President Akufo-Addo for various portfolios. CenProG will like to put on record that, like many Ghanaians, we have not been very pleased with the conduct … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has appointed Hassan Tampuli as a care-taker Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA). A letter signed by the Energy Minister nominee, Boakye Agyarko, indicated that Mr. Tampuli would act as the NPA CEO till a substantive one is approved. The letter also noted that Mr. Tampuli was not to “take decisions that have policy implications … Read more
Energy Minister-designate, Boakye Agyarko, says Ghana’s energy sector is seriously cash-strapped to the extent that we now live in a debt merry-go-round. The situation, which has arisen from poor financial management vis-à-vis inadequate fuel to power the country’s existing plants has resulted in incessant power cuts, popularly known as ‘dumsor, he said. However, Energy Minister-designate … Read more
Institute of Energy and Climate Policy (IECP) is urging the Energy Ministry to create environment for more affordable solar lease in Ghana’s residential electricity sector. According IECP, this move will bring a great deal of relief to Ghanaians in general and the power sector as whole, since the responsibility of maintenance or repairs of the … Read more
Ghana’s Energy Minister-nominee, Boakye Agyarko has attributed the incessant power cuts popularly known as ‘dumsor’ in the country to poor financial management and structuring as well as inadequate fuel to power the country’s existing plants. According to him, the country has the human resources with technical ideas to address the power situation, however, it has … Read more
Ghana’s Energy Minister-nominee, Boakye Agyarko has attributed the incessant power cuts popularly known as ‘dumsor’ in the country to poor financial management and structuring as well as inadequate fuel to power the country’s existing plants. According to him, the country has the human resources with technical ideas to address the power situation, however, it has … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo is expected to name his deputy ministers and regional ministers in the coming days as he rounds up the selection of top talent to help him achieve his vision of a greater, more prosperous Ghana. The list is expected to feature names such as ENERGY DEPUTY DR SAMIU NUAMAH TRADE AND INDUSTRY … Read more
While the new cold war is taking its momentum, the world community is gradually forgetting other pressing issues; such as human rights, right to labor, human dignity and respect. Of course, the national and international corporations hereby play a major role when comes to respect and observance of social and labour rights. Even at the … Read more