{"id":2958,"date":"2014-02-28T16:30:19","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=2958"},"modified":"2014-02-28T16:55:09","modified_gmt":"2014-02-28T16:55:09","slug":"energy-minister-to-vra-revise-management-practices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/02\/energy-minister-to-vra-revise-management-practices\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Minister to VRA: Revise management practices"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_2959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2959\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Kofi-Buah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2959 \" alt=\"Kofi Buah\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Kofi-Buah-300x180.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Kofi-Buah-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Kofi-Buah.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kofi Buah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has advised the Volta River Authority (VRA) to revise its management practices to ensure efficiency and long term survival of the power generation sector.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an inauguration ceremony to appoint new VRA Board members, Mr. Buah encouraged the board members\u00a0to strive and to resolve the challenges posed by the influx of Independent Power Producers into the country.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized the need for VRA to aggressively revise its management practices to ensure efficiency and long term survival in the power generation sector.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVRA\u2019s importance to this country cannot be overemphasized but we are at the crossroads where VRA will have to begin to think seriously beyond the mandate that Dr . Nkumah led in the establishment of the VRA,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur country is a power generation, and needs are growing rapidly. It is growing and growing everyday and it is very critical that VRA as the key power generator, begin to look at all the options that Ghana \u00a0has,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>He also stated that it is imperative for VRA to look at their management practices and ensure that they can be very efficient in producing power.<\/p>\n<p>The Former Minister of Education, Lee Ocran was appointed as the new head of the VRA board \u00a0with other members including\u00a0 Ing Kirk Koffi; CEO of VRA, Stephen Opare ; a Structural Engineer, Nana Mprah Besemuna; a traditional ruler and retired Commissioner of Police, and NDC youth Organiser; Ludwig Hlodze.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Energy and Petroleum, Mr. Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has advised the Volta River Authority (VRA) to revise its management practices to ensure efficiency and long term survival of the power generation sector. 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