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General News of Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Source: X Y Z
2019-03-27
John Jinapor, former Deputy Minister of Electricity
Former Vice Minister of Electricity, John Jinapor, warned Energy Minister John Peter Amewu against the adoption of a Galamsey wrestling strategy in the management of the sector.
He said the energy sector is very critical, sensitive, critical to investor behavior in Ghana's economy and that propaganda, mischief and deliberate lies to deceive the public would fail.
Mr. Jinapor, also MP for Yapei Kusawgu, responded to John Peter Amewu's claims that the dismantling of a transmission tower near GRIDCo's offices in the Tema enclave was a blatant sabotage of Akufo-Addo administration.
A virtually frustrated minister, who inspected the damage to the Ghana Grid Company's (GRIDCo) transmission tower sites in Tema, said the culprits, if any, would not go unpunished.
"How can human beings do this to our homeland? A political party that would like to be badociated with such an activity is not worthy of being in our country? We have already detected that chemicals are placed on all the turns along this line. The intention is to destroy them in the future. What deserves someone to do that, we can not subject our own country to that, "he lamented.
He told reporters that security on all GRIDCo installation sites across the country was strengthened to prevent similar events.
The former deputy minister of the Power, who spoke in Inside Politics, a radio talk shows program of Radio XYZ, however, replied that the statements made are initially malicious and debatable.
He told the host, Mugabe Maase: "The minister must be informed that the energy sector is not for ad hoc decisions or vague comments. So, if you have the privilege of being appointed to the head of the sector, you must keep your head down, weigh what you say in public and be attentive to the signal that it sends to the main players in the economy. .
He added, "You must show a high level of moral and intellectual judgment"
Mr. Jinapor explained that the pylons are robust masts designed to carry high-transmission cables that are difficult to break down. He also asked why the so-called saboteurs had targeted the one located near the GRIDCo facility at Tema and not several in the bushes.
The former Deputy Minister of Energy, noted with concern the Minister's contradictory claims that the people involved sprayed an aerosol, a chemical that loosens bolts and nuts to easily dismantle the pylons. finally used a hacksaw to demolish the heavy structure.
He asked, "Was the pylon cut with the hacksaw blade before the bolts and knots were loosened or vice versa? When you want to cut the metals, you do not need to loosen the knots. So, the critical question. What does the minister really say?
Mr Jinapor said it was necessary to conduct thorough investigations, especially because the significant investments made by the government in GRIDCo operations could not be subject to such threats and lies.
He noted that the government had admitted that the destruction of the pylon had severely compromised the distribution of electricity in parts of Accra, Kumasi and the North.
"They do not have cameras in GRIDCo's yard. But the main problem that has brought to light the great potential of nuclear power plants is that, quite recently, the minister came to Parliament and told the House that Karpower was a waste of money. We do not need it and Ghana pays nothing. But yesterday, he admitted that the damage affected the evacuation of the installation in which John Mahama had invested and that this led to mbadive load shedding, Jinapor added.
The former minister said any attempt to introduce galamsey style in solving energy sector problems would expose Mr Amewu and fail.
"I advise that he remains focused and honest," he concluded.
In the meantime, GRIDCo has since restored power to all areas that have been plunged into darkness as a result of the destruction of some pylons.
Mr. Jonathan Kwaku Amoako Baah, Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), also confirmed this statement.
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