Majority leader in Parliament, Alban Bagbin has warned it will be ‘suicidal’ for President John Dramani Mahama and his government to fail to deliver on the promise to solve the power crisis.
[contextly_sidebar id=”Wj4vmvKblMu5jg3J4a2OdkXvoVnvsWaV”]“I think it will be suicidal for anybody to fail to comply because we use the common term promise and fail. It’s a matter of trust and credibility, so when you fail them a number of times, they will start distrusting you.”
Speaking to journalists after the President’s State of the Nation address on Thursday, the Majority leader said the NDC administration must walk the talk.
This he said is “because of the pressure and the focus of the whole country on the sector.”
The Nadowli -Kaleo Member of Parliament said the many unfulfilled promises to end the crisis have made Ghanaians skeptical.
“That has happened, all governments including my government have failed to fulfill the promises that they have been making but at least there is the need for us to also have hope in leadership.”
Ghana has been battling with inconsistent power supply despite various promises from government to address the situation.
The nations power distributor, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is currently shedding load because of the inadequate power it receives from the Volta River Authority and the The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo).
I will fix the power crisis
President Mahama during his State of the Nations Address promised to fix the power crisis.
He said “I do not intend to manage the situation as has been done in the past. I intend to fix it! I owe it to the Ghanaian people. I, John Dramani Mahama, will fix this energy challenge.”
According to him, Independent Power Producers (IPPs) that have been brought on board to ease the power situation could “inject 3,665 MW of power into our power transmission grid,” in the next five years.
Some of the IPPs he said include Sunon Asogli (Phase II, 360MW), Sunon Asogli (Coal fired – 750MW), CenPower (350MW), Jacobsen (360MW), Amandi (240MW), GE (1000MW), VRA (T4, 185MW) and VRA (KTPP, 220MW).
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By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh/citifmonline.com/Ghana