{"id":58633,"date":"2014-10-22T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2014-10-22T15:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=58633"},"modified":"2014-10-22T15:35:02","modified_gmt":"2014-10-22T15:35:02","slug":"dumsor-will-be-over-soon-veep-to-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=58633","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Dumsor\u2019 will be over soon \u2013 Veep to industry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has assured the manufacturing companies in the country, the current energy challenges will be over soon.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, government is investing heavily in the energy sector and the economy as a whole, to reduce the cost of production for these companies.<\/p>\n<p>His comments come on the back of the worsening energy situation in the country which has compelled the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to shed power.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;vQhjidbFNpjnmx5QYTsI1EkxfggJw34x&#8221;]The <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/22\/industries-must-be-excluded-from-load-shedding-exercise-agi\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>Association of Ghana Industry (AGI)<\/strong><\/span><\/a> and the Private Enterprise Federation (PEF) have complained about how companies in industry are folding up because they cannot cope with the rising cost of power.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President Amissah-Arthur is hopeful with the restructuring of the economy and the needed private sector investment the current crises will soon be a thing of the past.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to continually assure the local manufacturers that despite the problems that we face in manufacturing operations especially currently with Electricity supplies, government will continue to provide support to manufacturing companies that are operating \u00a0in our country.We are making critical investments in energy and infrastructure through economic restructuring and reordering of our spending priorities in order to free resources to enable us invest further in infrastructure,\u201d the Vice President stated,<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed the hope that \u201cGhanaians will be able to encourage the private sector to increase their participation in the economy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ghana has been battling with inconsistent power supply for sometime now.<\/p>\n<p>The situation compelled the<a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/23\/load-shedding-timetable-out\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong> Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG)<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>to release the load shedding time table\u00a0to assist the general public to plan their daily activities accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has assured the manufacturing companies in the country, the current energy challenges will be over soon. According to him, government is investing heavily in the energy sector and the economy as a whole, to reduce the cost of production for these companies. 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