{"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\/2015\/02\/npp-demo-has-encouraged-me-to-end-dumsor-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP demo has encouraged me to end &#8216;Dumsor&#8217; \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has said \u00a0the New Patriotic Party&#8217;s (NPP)<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/18\/photos-nana-addo-leads-npp-w%C9%94n-gbo-demo\/#sthash.hmrUirF3.U4FHwrnk.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018w\u0254n gbo&#8217; demonstration<\/a> <\/span><\/strong>has encouraged him to work harder to end the power crisis .<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Ghanaian community in Gambia where he is attending the country\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup> Independence anniversary celebration, President Mahama said his government is doing all it can to resolve the crisis.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;lnpqy4akkOrt2PTsxMV6LQFcRRswC025&#8243;]\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<p>He attributed the inconsistent power supply in the country to a high demand for electricity in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>Meanwhile the NPP has threatened to organise<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/02\/19\/brace-up-for-more-w%C9%94n-gbo-demos-if-npp-threatens-govt\/#sthash.1LYcdg0W.dpbs\" target=\"_blank\">more demonstrations <\/a><\/span><\/strong>until government devises measures to address the worsening energy crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\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 <strong>Citi News.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>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<p>The demonstration was highly patronized by both party and non party members.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EfeAnsah\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @EfeAnsah<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Dramani Mahama has said \u00a0the New Patriotic Party&#8217;s (NPP) \u2018w\u0254n gbo&#8217; demonstration has encouraged him to work harder to end the power crisis . 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