[ 2015-05-01 ]

Fix ‘dumsor' now; We’re losing hope – TUC tells Mahama
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) of Ghana has told
President John Mahama they are losing hope in the
countless promises made to fix the worsening
energy crisis in the country.

Speaking at the 2015 May Day parade in Accra,
Friday, the secretary general of the TUC Kofi
Asamoah said “it’s taken too long to fix the
dumsor”, calling on Mahama to up his game.

He said the erratic power supply is affecting
Ghanaian workers adversely to the extent that
majority of them are beginning to lose their jobs
due to austerity measures being taken by companies
to survive the energy crisis.

“Thousands of Ghanaian workers have been denied
jobs due to dumsor and many more are likely to
lose their jobs,” Asamoah said at the parade
held at the Black Star Square (Independence
Square).

He said as a result of the blackouts, Ghana is
beginning to “lose its status as the preferred
investment avenue” in Africa, adding the
president must sit up before the energy crisis
degenerates into political and social crisis.

“We know it didn’t start today, but it is
within your tenure… do anything possible to
resolve it. It must end now,” Asamoah told
Mahama.

According to him, the energy crisis still lingers
on due to “long period of neglect” and failure
to expand infrastructure in the energy sector. He
said government should consider long term measures
such as the building of solar panel across the
country to complement hydro power among others.

“Provide leadership that will lead us out of
this energy crisis. It’s taking too long to fix
it and we are beginning to lose hope,” the TUC
boss opined.

Asamoah noted that the situation is so dire to the
extent that workers are now thriving on
“personal loans” to survive because what
“started three years ago as energy crisis is
turning into severe economic crisis.”

Source - Starrfmonline

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