The Mahama government has signed 15 electricity agreements worth $ 250 million, of which only 3 – Owusu Bempah

General News of Monday, April 8, 2019

Source: Daniel Kaku

2019-04-08

Ernest Owusu Bempah, head of public relations at the Ghana National Gas Company, revealed that the then government, John Mahama, had signed 15 power purchase agreements, which bore the country at $ 250 million, but only 3 currently in operation.

His comment follows the NDC's Economic Forum on Thursday to respond to the open discussion session organized by the government's economic management team.

Speaking at the NDC Economic Forum, the former energy minister under the former John Mahama government, John Jinapor blamed the NPP government for the current power cuts.

But in a statement signed by Ernest Owusu Bempah and seen by Daniel Kaku, he wondered: "Personally, I find it rather comical to listen to John Jinapor blaming the NPP government for leading the country in" Doom- Sor "when in fact the government of which he was a part actually plunged the country into a four-year energy crisis".

He alleged that the Mahama government had caused a huge financial loss to the state from the Ministry of Energy and wondered why NDC members continued to make "ugly noises" against the NPP government.

"This is a huge financial loss for the state and yet this same generation of unscrupulous and criminally minded politicians make some nonsense when the government tries to solve the current difficulties," he said. said.

Owusu Bempah said that "… unlike the Mahama government which gave up 10% of the Karpower deal to the Mahama family, the current government is trying to push Karpower to generate 450 megawatts of power for the benefit of the Mahama family. Ghanaians. "

He revealed that "in fact, the Mahama government has signed 15 power purchase agreements worth $ 250 million, of which only 3 are in effect."

"Again, the L & G supply contract of the NDC government with Equatorial Guinea was $ 2.6 billion for 15 years, which the Nana Addo government renegotiated for $ 1.6 billion. dollars allowing the state to save more than a billion dollars ".

According to him, the current power cuts can not be linked to the financial crisis of the energy sector, but are the result of ongoing extension and maintenance work at the regulating and dosing station of Takoradi, in the region of the West.

"… the NDC is harboring blatant lies that our current difficulties result from either financial difficulties or poor management of the energy sector".

He stressed that "the current situation is due to the complete closure of the GHANA gas infrastructure in order to complete the connection works allowing the reverse flow of gas from Takoradi to Tema." blocked gas from Sankofa in the West will be used wisely, powering thermal power plants in the enclave of Tema ".

He badured that it "is a very temporary measure that will not last more than twelve days.In the meantime, adequate measures have been put in place to improve the difficulties."

Below the complete statement

THE ENERGY SITUATION AND THE QUESTIONS RAISED; ERNEST OWUSU BEMPAH WRITTEN:

It is true that Ghana is currently experiencing difficulties in the electricity sector, but the situation is certainly not as serious as would be the case with the leaders of the death.

The current situation is due to the complete shutdown of the GHANA Gas infrastructure to complete the connection works allowing the reverse flow of gas from Takoradi to Tema. Here again, the Sankofa gas blocked in the West will be used wisely to supply the thermal power stations of the Tema enclave.

This very temporary measure will not last more than twelve days. In the meantime, adequate measures have been put in place to mitigate the difficulties.

While the government continues to address the problems and try to restore the reliability of the country's electricity supply, the NDC argues that the current difficulties are due to financial problems or mismanagement of the country. energy sector.

This can not be the case. Yes, there have always been financial problems in the energy sector that have resulted in "legacy debt", but the current difficulties are not due to lack of money or fuel because it There is enough fuel to power TOR power plants.

It is a fact that any delay in the current maintenance and upgrade of the Takoradi TPC will be costing the taxpayer $ 400,000 per day.

Unlike the former Mahama government, which had ceded 10% of the Karpower deal to the Mahama family, the current government is trying to push Karpower to generate 450 megawatts of power for Ghanaians. Indeed, the Mahama government has actually signed 15 power purchase agreements worth $ 250 million, only 3 of which are operational.

It's a huge financial loss for the state and yet, this same generation of unscrupulous and criminal-minded politicians is making nasty noises when the government tries to solve the current difficulties.

Once again, the supply contract between L & G from the NDC government and Equatorial Guinea rose to $ 2.6 billion over 15 years. The Nana Addo government renegotiated for $ 1.6 billion, allowing the state to save more than $ 1 billion.

The ENI under Mahama produced 98 million cubic meters of gas a day and this government doubled its production.

Tie in also increased production to 350 million cubic feet of gas per day.

It is therefore clear that the energy sector is currently better managed than Mahama's, and we expect these non-patriotic NDCs to keep quiet and let the Akufo-Addo government do what it was elected to do.

As Ghanaians, we must resist the lies spread by the NDC. We can not continue to allow the nation's political anthem singers to charge their dung into our narrow gorge without rejecting the stifling stench of their garbage.

There is not a single day going on without the nation seeing Mahama and his cohorts writing a lie, trying to discredit the current government on the energy sector. Oddly enough, not an hour goes by without their so-called experts ridiculing themselves on simple questions that even grade five students can badimilate. Personally, I find it rather comical to hear John Jinapor blame the NPP government for leading the country to "Doom-Sor" when he was part of the government of which he was a member. crisis.

The growing dishonesty we see in Ghanaian politics is reminiscent of Ayi Kwei Armah's "chichidodo" bird; A feathered hypocrite who professes to hate excreta, but feeds on flies, which are byproducts of human waste that she condemns vehemently and holds her breath against her revolting stench.

Let us introduce moral imperatives in national politics and do not tell me that I am wrong. The NDC is not a serious party. Are they?

I come again.