NDC must apologize to Ghanaians for their debts in the energy sector – MP

Company News of Wednesday, November 28, 2018

Source: Myjoyonline.com

2018-11-28

George Mireku Duker, vice chairman of the Parliament's Mines and Energy Commission, said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) should apologize to Ghanaians for creating huge debt in the energy sector. 39; energy.

He said that the current administration had problems with NDC debt and that it took into account the current power cuts.

Recognizing that financial constraints are part of the reasons for the nationwide power cuts that have caused public discontent with the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government. Duker, for example, noted that the emergency power contracts signed during John Mahama 's era were poorly negotiated. .

"If you call a [power] plant a central emergency and you sign an agreement for a period of ten years, do you still call it an emergency center? He said about the agreement with Karpower Tuesday night on the PM Express of MultiTV.

"As people sign an agreement at 9 cents per kilowatt hour, you [NDC] were 14 to 17 cents per kilowatt hour. Qu & # 39; you expect? Sometimes, when you are frustrated, you tend to do things that you regret later. But you should have the means to come and apologize to the Ghanaians, "he said.

While the government says the power outages are technical and would be resolved quickly, the minority says the mismanagement of the sector has led to debts that hinder the constant supply of electricity.

The Institute for Energy Security (IES) also said the power cuts that have occurred in the past two months, but that have intensified in recent days, are a financial problem.