Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, serving as the Deputy Minority Leader, has emphasized the importance of government transparency regarding Ghana’s current power challenges.
Despite assurances from the government to resolve the issue, many regions across the country continue to experience disruptions in electricity supply.
The recent disconnection of power to key institutions such as the Parliament House and the MPs’ office complex, Job 600, underscores the severity of the situation, attributed to a significant outstanding debt totaling GHc23 million as of February 29. This development has prompted concerns about the government’s handling of the energy crisis.
In light of these challenges, Mr. Buah has voiced apprehension over the decline in exports to neighboring countries, which adversely impacts foreign exchange earnings.
He has also called for a transparent dialogue on the energy crisis, criticizing the government for its alleged mismanagement of the energy sector levy. Amidst growing concerns, stakeholders await proactive measures to address the persistent power challenges in Ghana’s energy landscape.
This government must be very transparent with the people of Ghana. The President, unfortunately, has not been forthright with the people of Ghana. This President came in 2017 and this has been the pattern and I think that we should look at the history. We’re now being caught up with the deficit, always the demand is growing, and we have not been able to meet the demands. The government must admit to Ghanaians that they have not been strategic when it comes to the energy sector. We have ‘Dumsor’ today because we have failed.
Every time we don’t invest in power generation, because there’s an annual increase in demand for power, we are going to be caught up, the way we were caught up in 2009. For 7 years there was no power addition,” he opined.
In other reports, Ghana’s parliament was disconnected earlier today for failing to pay some colossal amount of debt owed Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Management justified the disconnection which inconvenienced some parliament staff who were stuck in elevators following the disconnection.
Photo of Ghana’s Parliament in darkness following power cut
