National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentarian for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has revealed he is never been in support of an ongoing process to engage the private sector in the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the country’s main power distributor.
Meanwhile, that decision to allow the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) to play a key role in Ghana’s power sector was started by the NDC administration under John Mahama.
Mahama Ayariga, a former Minister in the John Mahama administration said, on Joy News/MulitiTV news analysis show, Newsfile, that personally, he has always considered the deal as irrelevant.
“I don’t support that because it really saddens me to think that a basic thing [like power distribution], we are not even talking about the invention of electricity, we can manage…I think we should rethink our position on the matter,” he said to the surprise of other panellists on the news analysis programme.
“The entire deal is unnecessary”, he added.
Despite the severe opposition from ECG workers and Labour against the deal, former President John Mahama fought through the deal that will bring about ten concessionaires to participate in electricity distribution to homes across the country. Workers had been concerned that the deal will result in job losses, and hike power costs.
Mahama suggests that at the time the deal was being struck between the Mahama-led government and the MCC, he could not voice out his disapproval, hence he played along.
“My government took the decision but I think it was wrong,” he stressed.
He wants the current New Patriotic Party (NPP) government under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo reverse the entire deal.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Most of the decisions that were taken by the ev!l NDC govt were bad for our country as a whole... Bus branding, GYEDA, SADA, AMERI, ... name the rest. Now that you know will youask your ev!l NDC party to apologise to Ghanaians for deceiving us?
oh!! what have we done to deserve such leaders ? this guy can not think properly. it looks like he does not work for his salary or he does not know what he is doing. i cant think far with such persons manning parliament. no doubt Ghana is not developing. thanks to NPP, else we would not see light again.
this are the kind of people leading us. it makes me sick. you came out of you is simply shamelessly poor indeed.
Hahahaha...you're funny! "the thunder that will strike u guys is still doing press up" -I do understand the Ayariga guy is sick in the head and a th-ug but you're funny!
u see their lives. d thunder that will strike u guys is still doing press up
Not just this, and a lot More! Bus Branding, AMERI, SADA, GYEEDA etc. You are finally home to roost. Time will tell..weak minds!