Director of Elections of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Samuel Ofosu Ampofo says former President John Dramani Mahama would have ended the 'dumsor' crises confronting the economy if Ghanaians hadn't voted his government out of power.
According to him, the previous government made several interventions to improve the energy sector before exiting office.
Mr. Ofosu Ampofo noted that 'dumsor' was expected to come to an end by the second term of the Mahama government.
He told host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' that "In our energy sector policy, it was expected that by the end of (if we had won power) the four-year period, Ghana would have been completely self-sufficient in energy that we could have even become a net exporter of energy to other neighbouring countries. I can say that to all intents and purposes, before the government (Mahama government) left, as for generation capacity; we could generate enough to meet the demands of the country . . . As at the time that we were leaving office, we were not experiencing dumsor . . . Under NDC, we did a lot, invested a lot in generation.”
He therefore called on the current administration to find a lasting solution to the energy problems since that was a major objective for their victory in last year's elections.
Also touching on the energy situation in the country, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako, Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper expressed displeasure with the criticisms against the ruling government regarding the sector.
He stated that the members of the opposition NDC seems not to have simmered down after their defeat.
To him, their tone of analysis of the situation smacks of pain and so they speak with aggression particularly with the energy situation.
Mr. Baako wondered how the opposition party would expect the current administration to resolve the challenges within just two months after elected into office.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Waaaa wh3 gyimi kasa
God will punish you all whom do you think you are fooling. so all the huge bill in the promise of solving dumso were all lies? ***barred word*** NDC people
ALWAYS NDC IS FULL OF FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOLS
This man is not serious at all. Could you please focus and think before you speak some of us our educated okay silly
These NDC guys are sour losers. They are filled with a lot of pain after losing the elections that all that they are left with is to think and plot evil against the government. From the way they are behaving, one could see that that they wish that the 2020 elections is organised in about a week's time. I thought they said they have fixed the dumsor problem before the 2016 elections.?
Shame on you Ofosu Ampofo
At what cost to the nation????
Dumsor will stay until the right and final solution is found. There will be no bandaid treatment this time. You can go on with your propaganda. Ghanaians know who is lying. You had 8 years and could not do anything. The new govt will take its time and do the right thing. You only tried some short term solutions because you wanted Ghanaians to forget it and vote for you. But it did not happen. We do not have short memories
Gyimifooo
How much more could had been stolen by Mahamah and his gang of appointed +++*TH1E*****....VES++++? They sold Ghana less than 1000 mw of power for over $2.5 billion and counting through questionable deals with AMERIGROUP and KARPOWER. PLEASE, SAVE US THE AGONY OF YOUR +++*ST***UP1D1TY++++++SYCOPHANCY because we're not all that gullible as you think. Are you sure, you're a real Pentecost Elder? If so, how come you're allergic to the truth?