The Minority in Parliament has attributed the current energy crisis to government\u2019s failure to invest in infrastructure that will add to the country’s generation capacity to satisfy the current demand.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”3If71VMqK5RYGtbhwxJkIq63tTJTcshY”]According to the minority, government since 2009 has added only 2.5 megawatts to the national grid and accused government of lying to Ghanaians that it has significantly added\u00a0on to the generation capacity.<\/p>\n
The Minority spokesperson on Energy, K.T. Hammond made the remarks at a press conference at Parliament House on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor all their breathtaking arrogance and intemperate language, vain glory and boastfulness, it is with great sadness that I announce to you that with the sole exception of the 2.5 MW solar installation at Navrongo, not a single MW of grid power has been installed by the NDC government,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
According to K.T. Hammond,\u00a0the NPP government during its tenure added about 885.5 MW of generation power to the national grid.<\/p>\n
He\u00a0listed some of the initiatives by the NPP which led to the generation of 885.85MW such as the importation of power generators which contributed 126 MW, upgrading works at Akosombo which led to an increase in power generation to about 108 MW and the facilitation of the construction of the Sunon Asogli Power Plant.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo the question now is which of these plants is the NDC bragging from the rooftop that they initiated?\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n
According to minority, the NPP adequately employed pragmatic measures to solve the power crisis that engulfed the nation in 2006-2007.<\/p>\n
He mentioned the importation of 150MW of power from La Cote D\u2019voire and the installation of a 126MW Emergency Power Plant as some of the interventions the NPP government initiated when the country was struck by the power crisis.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe did not seek to advance scandalous explanations. We went to work and took immediate and drastic measures to ensure that in one year the crisis was over,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
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Franklin Badu Jnr\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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