President John Dramani Mahama has said his\u00a0promise to Ghanaians to “banish” the erratic power supply \u00a0in 2015 was just a prayer.<\/p>\n
President Mahama promised to end the energy crisis by the end of 2015<\/strong><\/span><\/a> when he addressed a congregation at the Perez Chapel on the night of 31st December 2014.<\/p>\n \u201cNow this is the interesting part; it [2015] will be one in which we will banish darkness from our land and put an end to dumsor forever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”9aK9DBr6OcT8DgECBn2e1wMjEsRo88ZO”]However, speaking on a Kumasi based radio station, Angel FM on Wednesday, \u00a0Mahama denied making such a promises, stating that he was just saying his “heart desires to God.”<\/p>\n “I will not say I gave a promise. It was a last day of 2014, we were having a watchnight service to see the beginning of 2015 and during this period everybody says his heart desires \u00a0to God in order for him to listen to their prayers.”<\/p>\n “I am the President and one of the issues troubling Ghanaians is this energy crisis and so if as the President I ..tell God to banish darkness,and let the dumsor end is it not a prayer I’m saying to God?.It was a prayer … I have faith that God has listened to my prayers,”: he stated.<\/p>\n Energy crisis<\/strong><\/p>\n Ghana has been battling with inconsistent power supply in recent times.<\/p>\n In 2014,the inconsistent supply of power featured strongly in a debate on the floor of a House that had been hit by disruptive power problems which caused suspension of sittings of the House.<\/p>\n Mahama in a bid to resolve the power challenges nominated Kwabena Donkor <\/a><\/strong><\/span>as the Minister in charge of the newly created Power Ministry after a series of energy crisis which prompted various groups to protest however those challenges persist.<\/p>\n Ghana’s state of economy has improved<\/strong><\/p>\n President Mahama was also stated that Ghana’s economy has improved over the years.<\/p>\n He said contrary to the wide held perception that Ghana’s economy is in crisis, the standard of living and the country’s performance in general has seen massive transformation<\/p>\n “If you take a look at Ghana’s power crisis, you take twenty years ago- 1994, or 1992,and you assess Ghana’s performance , the state of economy as well as the standard of living,as of now,you will notice that Ghana’s economy has been growing, averagely by 11 percent every year.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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