[ 2015-02-20 ]

Mahama Blames Dumsor On TV Sets
President John Dramani Mahama has attributed the
inconsistent power supply in the country to a high
demand for electricity in Ghana, running away from
the generation problem previously alluded to.

“Every young man or woman has a mobile phone and
television set. All these run on electricity. That
is why government is working to improve the
generation capacity,” he claimed.

President Mahama also took responsibility for the
power crisis, saying, “Every government has a
responsibility to add additional megawatts of
power to what is already there just to meet the
demand. As president, I take full responsibility
for the power crisis and promise to get the
country out of it.”

Addressing the Ghanaian community in Gambia where
he attended that country’s 50th independence
anniversary celebration last Wednesday, President
Mahama said his government was doing all it could
to resolve the crisis.

He has said the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s)
demonstration had encouraged him to work harder to
end the power crisis.

“Yesterday there was a demonstration about the
power crisis in Ghana. I feel very encouraged to
do everything possible to end this problem,”
Mahama promised Thursday.

The NPP’s demonstration was to draw
government’s attention to the power supply
problem adversely affecting businesses in Ghana,
with industries collapsing.

The demonstration was highly patronised by both
party and non party members.

Blame NDC

Meanwhile, a former energy minister under the
erstwhile Kufuor administration, Kofi Adda, has
described President Mahama as a confused president
who has no idea on how to solve the energy
crisis.

Speaking Monday on Adom FM’s ‘Burning
Issues’ programme, Mr Adda accused the president
of wanton abuse of taxpayers’ money and insisted
that the government was bereft of ideas to solve
the dumsor challenge.

“Now they are asking us to be patient, patient
for ignorance, patient for corruption, patient for
incompetence; are they coming to steal more money?
I don’t think they are serious,” he charged.

“The NDC has been in power for six good years
and has plunged the country into darkness for four
solid years and what have they done to benefit the
people of Ghana? That is a shame! How can they do
that?” he queried.

He said the NPP, under Kufuor, initiated so many
projects that were to see a long lasting solution
to the power problems of the country, but the NDC
failed to continue with those projects, the result
of which has landed the country in total
darkness.

“The incompetence clearly shows that you pick
people from school, go and put them in the
ministry; you pick some people who have not worked
before and tell them to manage important things in
the country for us. No, it won’t work at all,”
he noted.

He said the only thing the NDC promised to do in
the 2011 budget was to add 200 megawatts, but that
had been a mirage.

He said Ghanaians should be smart enough to kick
the NDC out to end corruption, lies and darkness
in the country.

Source - Daily Guide

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