Saboteurs behind the collapse of the tower GRIDCo – Minister of Energy

Energy Minister, Mr. John Peter Amewu, said that saboteurs were behind the collapse of a tower belonging to the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) in Tema on Monday..

In What the minister describes as an act of vandalism, he said, are those who are not interested in progress in Ghana and want to plunge the country into darkness.

One of GRIDCo's towers collapsed on Monday after thieves vandalized Tema bolts and nuts, along the Volta smelter's transmission site.

The incident, which occurred Monday around 1:30 am, resulted in the loss of 180 megawatts of power generation systems.

The situation has plunged parts of Dansoman, Kasoa, Swan Lake and Accra into darkness.

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The alleged thieves used what is suspected to be a corrosive chemical to weaken the base of the tower and removed the bolts and nuts that supported it before using a hacksaw blade to cut the base of the tower, causing it to collapse on a second tower paired with it in a parallel line.

A similar attempt was also made on other transmission towers.

After visiting Monday the site of the incident, the Energy Minister said that the act had been attributed to people "who do not care about the fate of this country, they do not Do not worry about your children, so they can not go too far. These are the people you have to fear, those who should not be badociated with this noble society that we enjoy. "

He said the move was an attempt by "faceless people" to plunge the country into total darkness.

Mr Amewu said the government believed in the rule of law and good governance and that, as this is exactly what the country enjoys, the "saboteurs" do not want to hear about "dividends". "And so have launched" barbaric activities aimed at destroying this country., they will not survive, "said Amewu.

When asked if he suspected a particular political interest, Mr. Amewu stated that he knew that "other pylons have also been targeted and that security patrols have been stepped up".

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The Minister of Energy said that all national strategic badets should affect all citizens. "We have to be our own security, because as these things progress, all our strategic facilities, we have to be very careful and protect them, every single person." from this country have to take national strategic badets as their own badets and that's the way we have to do things now. "

"I can badure you that, even though security is at the top of the game, national security has been informed, we must start to take our destiny into our own hands," said the minister.