Do not vote again for NDC on "dumsor", they have nothing new to offer – NPP to Ghanaians

General News of Monday, April 8, 2019

Source: Citinewsroom.com

2019-04-08

The New Patriotic Party (NPP), in power, has called on Ghanaians not to vote for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), an opposition party that they want irregular electricity supply the country ends.

According to the party, the CND can not be trusted with the resources and the future of the country.

At a press conference held in Accra on Sunday, NPP Secretary General John Boadu said that former President John Mahama and his party had nothing new to offer after almost halted the economy from a growth of 14% to 3.4%.

He said the nuclear power plant saved the country millions of dollars to generate enough energy for the next decade.
"Even worse, Ghanaians have had to endure a painful life of Dumsor for more than four years. A precarious situation that the country has not known even in the darkness of the military regimes. How to preserve jobs and create new jobs when companies used part of their working capital to pay only their electricity bills? In some cases, employees used half their salaries to pay their electricity bills. "

"It was the life of the Ghanaian under President Mahama. How will the jobs be created or saved? Even Mahama's solution to Dumsor was just an opportunity for his transaction agents to make more money. Ghanaians from Akufo-Addo are to be commended for serving more than $ 7.6 million in production costs to Ghanaians alone over the next 13 years, he added.

You can do your propaganda, but the reality will expose you "- Mahama to the government

Former President John Dramani Mahama said that the NPP government's badertions that it effectively manages the economy are just propaganda, insisting that the "lies" of the current administration will be exposed to the realities of the life of the Ghanaians.

Speaking about the state of Ghana's economy, Mahama praised the achievements of his government, adding that the NDC had good people to manage the economy.

He reiterated last year's comments stating, "You can do all the lies and propaganda of the economy that you like, the reality of people's lives will expose you."

Increase fares if necessary to put an end to "Dumsor" – Toma Imihere

Toma Imihere, a financial badyst, believes that an increase in the cost of electricity will help the companies in the distribution chain generate enough revenue to end an uneven and continuous power supply.

When asked if the action would not have negative consequences for the ruling party in the run-up to the next general election, Mr. Imihere put forward a strong defense by saying that "It's better than leaving the lights off. At least if the diet is expensive, you can choose to turn it on or off. Even when there is a "dumsor" and you want to pay for power, you will not get it. "

"If you have to raise the rates, you'd better increase it. It's better to have expensive power than not having it at all, "he said.

A possible return of power outages

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

The minority said the government has brought the country back into an era of shedding, commonly known as "Dumsor", a claim that the Minister of Energy has rejected.

Amewu promised that the government had put in place the necessary measures to solve the problem

In light of recent challenges, the African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) explained that the current electricity situation was similar to the onset of the country's electricity crisis some four years ago. .

He also called for greater transparency on the part of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) as Ghanaians were more interested in a possible downward shift in the burden that had marked the country's electricity crisis. about six years ago.