{"id":89596,"date":"2015-02-09T07:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T07:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=89596"},"modified":"2015-02-09T07:43:57","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T07:43:57","slug":"photos-govt-resolute-end-dumsor-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=89596","title":{"rendered":"[Photos] Gov\u2019t resolute to end \u2018Dumsor\u2019 &#8211; Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President John Mahama has said he remains committed to his promise of ending the power crisis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He was speaking at this year&#8217;s annual convention of the Saviour Church of Ghana at Osiem in the Eastern region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mahama-in-hand-shake.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89598\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mahama-in-hand-shake.jpg\" alt=\"mahama in hand shake\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;V9fsAeaRSh5SytYUaTtDKiD1MGvOaEqj&#8221;]The president said government is working closely to add about 3,000 megawatts of power to the national grid by 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ghanaians have expressed frustration over the <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/06\/ecg-releases-load-shedding-time-table\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>worsening power situation<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama about a week ago announced a number of measures being put in place to mitigate the situation including ordering the Ministry of Power to fast track the provision of emergency\u00a0power badges into the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing the convention, President Mahama said \u201cI know dumsor is a problem but I have also promised that government will do everything possible we can to get the country out of darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He indicated that \u201cthe plans we have for the nation are for the future and not just for today. We have signed agreement with a number of companies that will bring in 3,000 megawatts of power on board.When we add 3,000 megawatts of power to the existing 2,800 megawatts we will have enough for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crowd-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89607\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crowd-2.jpg\" alt=\"crowd (2)\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also reiterated his call on Ghanaians to <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/06\/conserve-energy-mahama-tells-ghanaians\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>conserve power<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crowd.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89608\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/crowd.jpg\" alt=\"crowd\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For his part, the General Superintendent of Saviour Church of Ghana, Opanyin Abraham Adusei, and advised Christians to eschew vices that could plunge the nation into chaos.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mahama-at-a-program.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89610\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mahama-at-a-program.jpg\" alt=\"mahama at a program\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mahama-cheering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-89611\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/mahama-cheering.jpg\" alt=\"mahama cheering\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Godwin Allotey Akweiteh\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlloteyGodwin\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @AlloteyGodwin<\/a><br \/>\n<script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has said he remains committed to his promise of ending the power crisis. 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