{"id":97860,"date":"2015-03-10T06:00:20","date_gmt":"2015-03-10T06:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=97860"},"modified":"2015-03-10T06:00:20","modified_gmt":"2015-03-10T06:00:20","slug":"photos-purc-engages-northern-media","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/03\/photos-purc-engages-northern-media\/","title":{"rendered":"[Photos] PURC engages northern media"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (Ghana) has held discussions with a cross-section of Journalists from the three regions of the north about the ongoing nationwide load shedding exercise.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The one day orientation workshop held in Tamale sought to provide the participants with adequate information to best inform and educate their targeted audience on the situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24791.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97868\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24791.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2479[1]\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Resource persons from Volta River Authority, (VRA) NEDCO and Ghana Grid Company, (GRIDCO) as well as the PURC\u2019s Executive Secretary Engineer, Samuel K. Sarpong educated the participants on the load shedding exercise, its impact on the national economy and made recommendations for mitigating the problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a Citi News interview on the sidelines, the PURC\u2019s Director of public and external affairs, Nana Yaa Jentuah decried the power crisis and added her voice to calls on government to fix the problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24651.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97866\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24651.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2465[1]\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She described the ongoing load shedding exercise as a managerial problem.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She therefore asked the media to stop misconstruing the situation to be a shortfall of quality services by the energy service providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\nShe also debunked the public assertion that the PURC always fell short of its intermediary role anytime utility service providers announced upward adjustment in tariff charges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24641.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97865\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24641.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2464[1]\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She reaffirmed the PURC\u2019s commitment to independently negotiate with utility service providers to provide quality services alongside reasonable tariff charges.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She however admonished consumers to conserve energy as best means of mitigating the impact of the energy crisis on their socio-economic development.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24701.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-97867\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/IMG_24701.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2470[1]\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The participants applauded the PURC for the workshop and described it as a timely intervention.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of them exposed VRA\/NEDco for failing to publish the load shedding exercise for the Northern Region.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (Ghana) has held discussions with a cross-section of Journalists from the three regions of the north about the ongoing nationwide load shedding exercise. 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