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General News of Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Source: citinewsroom.com
2019-04-10
According to IES, the almost burnt pipeline at Tema was filled with water and not gas
The Institute of Energy Security (IES) has accused the Ministry of Energy of trying to give a false impression on the destruction of some electrical installations in the enclave of Tema.
According to the Institute, the gas pipeline that had been almost set on fire in Tema was filled with water and not with gas; therefore, it is unlikely that its destruction could affect the power supply.
Last Monday, the Ministry of Energy said that the police had opened an investigation into an incident in which people alleged to be arsonists burned gas pipelines in the enclave of Tema.
The security department of the Ghana Grid Company, in response to these two cases of damage to electrical installations, threatened to force them to shoot to kill people found guilty of such offenses.
But in a statement, IES wants the ministry to apologize without reservation to the people of Ghana.
"We call on the Ministry of Energy to apologize for misleading Ghanaians into believing that pipelines under construction and filled with raw water are part of the facility's fittings. of the energy sector and that the destruction of the GRIDCo tower is a contributing factor of the recent Dumsor. "
The statement also asks the ministry to provide evidence of its badertion that recent developments stem from political saboteurs that aim to hinder the government's attempts to deal with power cuts.
"The Ministry of Energy must stop tampering with other lies and jeopardize the work of state security agencies in their quest to apprehend criminals who engage in the act." vandalism. And that he is aware of any political sabotage, the ministry must put its evidence at the disposal of agencies charged with resolving such circumstances. "
Here is the complete statement published by the IES
"The Institute for Energy Security (IES) was furious when the news of Nana Kofi Oppong Damoah, responsible for communication and public affairs at the Ministry of Energy, allowed him to make himself known. that some determined people who want Ghanaians to stay longer in the recent electricity crisis have set fire to a pipeline belonging to the Volta River Authority (VRA) in the Tema enclave.
By this news, we quickly condemned the useless act and proceeded to a visit to the place where the act would have occurred, to find that the reported pipeline belongs to Cirrus Oil Services Limited and that it & s 39; Parallel pipelines under construction, and filled with raw water.
IES found Damoah's stance similar to that of the Minister of Energy, Peter Amewu, who had last tried to suggest political sabotage in dismantling the tower. GRIDCo's transmission to Tema, even before the state security institutions can collect evidence and open an investigation into the case.
IES is concerned about the position of the government represented by the Ministry of Energy in relation to recent acts of vandalism on energy infrastructure.
While we condemn these acts committed by faceless people, the hawking of lies by the Minister of Energy and his cohorts as a result of these incidents only causes fear and panic among citizens. Although the IES believes that any form of sabotage of the country's electrical installations must be unequivocally condemned, the situation in which political actors use it to sow fear and panic, or even to gain the sympathy of Ghanaians unnecessarily; is just as bad in taste.
Dumsor by his own name is scary. "Dumsor is now a dreaded name in the country; synonymous with the subhuman "Dracula" who sucks the human blood and spreads the curse of the undead along winding roads in the thick, dark and ancient forest and mountain pbades.
The Ministry of Energy must spare the Ghanaians "Wolf Cry" and ensure the country more sustainable measures put in place to fight against recurrent and prolonged power cuts caused largely by the illiquidity of the sector; and not technical or sabotage by cause. "
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