{"id":93031,"date":"2015-02-19T18:04:54","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T18:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=93031"},"modified":"2015-02-19T18:08:07","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T18:08:07","slug":"npp-demo-has-encouraged-me-to-end-dumsor-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=93031","title":{"rendered":"NPP demo has encouraged me to end ‘Dumsor’ \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"

President John Dramani Mahama has said \u00a0the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) \u2018w\u0254n gbo’ demonstration<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>has encouraged him to work harder to end the power crisis .<\/p>\n

Addressing the Ghanaian community in Gambia where he is attending the country\u2019s 50th<\/sup> Independence anniversary celebration, President Mahama said his government is doing all it can to resolve the crisis.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”lnpqy4akkOrt2PTsxMV6LQFcRRswC025″]\u201cYesterday there was a demonstration about the power crisis in Ghana. I feel very encouraged to do everything possible to end this problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

He attributed the inconsistent power supply in the country to a high demand for electricity in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery young man or woman has a mobile phone and other electrical gadgets. All these run on electricity. That is why government is working to improve the generation capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n

President Mahama also took responsibility for the power crisis, saying : \u201cevery government has a responsibility to add additional megawatts of power to what is already there just to meet the demand. As President, I take full responsibility for the power crisis and promise to get the country out of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the NPP has threatened to organise more demonstrations <\/a><\/span><\/strong>until government devises measures to address the worsening energy crisis.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have served notice that we will continue to demonstrate until government addresses this issue completely,\u201d the Deputy General Secretary of the NPP, Anthony Karbo told Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NPP\u2019s demonstration was to draw government\u2019s attention to the crippling power challenges which they believe is adversely affecting businesses in Ghana.<\/p>\n

The demonstration was highly patronized by both party and non party members.<\/p>\n

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By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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