"Do not have short memories, the NDC leader was worse" – Minister to Ghanaians

General News on Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Source: citinewsroom.com

2018-11-27

Ghanaians should not quickly forget that they have suffered more severe power cuts under the previous NDC government. This is the warning of the Deputy Minister of Energy, William Owurako Aidoo, addressed to Ghanaians.

In an interview with Eyewitness News on Monday, he said the recent power outages under the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government were only one week of irregular power supply that had even been resolved.

He added that the NPP government, unlike the NDC, has conceded its difficulties and has given Ghanaians tangible reasons to justify the difficulties encountered.

"We explained to the Ghanaians that we had difficulties and we had faced them head-on and that we had solved the problem … Ghanaians, we should not have a short memory, we should not. chaired four years of "dumsor" daring to come and tell Ghanaians that the world is coming to an end because we had a week of irregular electricity supply [even] given tangible reasons as to why, "he said.

He was reacting to John Jinapor, the former deputy minister for energy under the NDC administration, who said the government was peddling things and trying to paint a picture of how well the industry is doing. energy in case of deep liquidity difficulties.

John Jinapor said the government misused the funds made available by the NDC government to pay off the energy sector's debts, thus increasing debt within the sector.

But William Owurako Aidoo believes that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) does not have the right to comment on recent power outages because it has presided over an even worse situation.

"Is not it ironic that a week of power fluctuation has become a new and John [John Jinapor] daring to come on the radio and talk to the brave people of Ghana about the existence of a week of power fluctuations when his government presided over more than three years of power outages? he asked.

In many previous interviews, the government denied that the challenge was financial, but at a press conference on Monday, industry minister John Peter Amewu acknowledged that financial problems had delayed the process. solving the problem of power.

However, Amewu pointed out that Ghana 's electricity supply problems and power cuts to citizens are now under control.

"The Ministry of Energy wants to badure the public that the situation is now very much under control."