{"id":68028,"date":"2014-11-24T10:50:13","date_gmt":"2014-11-24T10:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=68028"},"modified":"2014-11-24T11:30:22","modified_gmt":"2014-11-24T11:30:22","slug":"new-ministry-is-job-for-the-boys-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/11\/new-ministry-is-job-for-the-boys-political-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"New Ministry is &#8216;job for the boys&#8217; \u2013 Political parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some political parties have criticized President John Mahama over the creation of the new Ministry of Power.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, President Mahama announced the setting up of a new <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/22\/ministry-of-power-wont-resolve-dumsor-crisis-wereko-brobby\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of Powe<\/a>r<\/strong><\/span> and also appointed the Chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Energy, <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/22\/kwabena-donkor-nominated-for-new-ministry-of-power\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Dr Kwabena Donkor<\/strong><\/a><\/span> as its Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, the new Ministry only seeks to create \u201cjob for the boys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The decision, he said, forms part of measures to restructure the power sector and ensure consistent power supply.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;W4aseyWuhYYWDbsdUjb2ll4RczHAlh15&#8243;]The New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) Member of Parliament K. T. Hammond in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> described the move as a &#8220;fire fighting approach.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>K. T. Hammond who also doubles as the Minority spokesperson on Energy said it is a \u201cknee jerk reaction to the problem that we have and really, the solution to this dismountable problem that we have now has nothing to do with splitting up Ministries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He insisted that the energy challenges persist due to government\u2019s failure to provide adequate funding for the Volta River Authority (VRA) to purchase crude oil for energy production.<\/p>\n<p>The Adansi Fomena Member of Parliament (MP) served notice that when the NPP is voted to govern the nation in 2016, \u201cwe will put the two back and create the same Ministry of Energy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP) also described the action as needless.<\/p>\n<p>The Party\u2019s General Secretary, Kofi Asamoah Siaw told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the nation has too many Ministries with some \u201cperforming duplicated duties so to see another Ministry at this stage is an unnecessary venture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the newly created Power Ministry will only \u201cintroduce another bureaucratic bottleneck that will create difficulties in the delivery processes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Asamoah Siaw pointed out that the cause of the power crisis is generation capacity therefore, \u201cto say that it is another Ministry that will come and solve that problem is unnecessary and the President needn\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s another way of creating job for the boys and it will become a white elephant\u201d adding that Parliament should consider the national interest by refusing to approve \u201cthe proposal from the Flagstaff House.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some political parties have criticized President John Mahama over the creation of the new Ministry of Power. 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