Amewu excuses Ghanaians for loss of consciousness

General News of Wednesday, April 3, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-04-03

Energy Minister John Peter Amewu apologized to Ghanaians for the recent power outages in parts of the country.

Although the minister does not admit that the breakdowns indicate the return of the most formidable "dumsor", he said the plans are well advanced to solve the energy problems facing the country.

While answering a question about irregular power supply at a plenary session on Wednesday, Amewu badured citizens of relief badistance by saying that the electricity situation would be normalized as soon as possible .

"First of all, we want to apologize to Ghanaians for this intermittent offer. We have never returned to the era of constant and persistent lack of supply. We are at a time when we have installed capacity available, but what we need to do is turn that installed capacity into availability. We learn from our experience, so we are sorry, Ghanaians. This short period is just intermittent. I promise you that from April 12 you will continue to use your power in a sustainable way. "

The Ministry of Energy insisted that the recent challenges had nothing to do with financial problems or mismanagement.

The minority said the government has re-established the country in an era of shedding commonly known as "Dumsor", a claim that the Minister of Energy would like to see rejected by Ghanaians.

Amewu badured that the government had put in place the necessary measures to solve the problem within five days.

In light of recent challenges, the African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) has asked the government to publish a load shed schedule for the country.

According to CAPE's badysis, the current energy situation is similar to the beginning of the energy crisis that hit the country about four years ago.

The Ghana Gas Company had ensured that the electricity supply would be stabilized within two weeks.

"I told you so" – Kwabena Donkor mocks Amewu about the possible return of "dumsor"

Mr Kwabena Donkor, former Minister of Energy, feels defended by the difficulties the Akufo-Addo administration is currently experiencing with regard to the electricity sector.

When asked what he was going to tell the energy minister about energy production problems, Donkor said, "I'll tell him that I'm going to tell you I said. I'm just going to have a very interesting laugh about him. "

Energy Minister Peter Amewu was part of a think tank on energy, the African Center for Energy Policy, which criticized the Mahama government during the electricity crisis that shook the country. five years ago and that ultimately led to the resignation of Mr. Donkor.

"I told him [Peter Amewu] a few years ago, when he was at CAPE; "Watch how you are going to attack the government, and tomorrow you can occupy this seat." As a people, we should eliminate that from partisanship Let's look at the real underlying issues The real underlying issues are exacerbated financially by inefficiencies, "he noted.