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� ..I was more than satisfied because I know the truth about the situation, I know the truth about the power situation, I know the truth about the water situation, the type of investment that have gone into it and the thing we have to remember as Ghanaians is that, when there is more than a decade of decay, that decay cannot be fixed in a matter of months�,� these were the words of the General Secretary of the ruling national Democratic Party (NDC) after the President�s State of the Nation's Address on Thursday. Mr Asiedu Nketia assured the nation that the erratic power supply currently being faced by Ghanaians will soon be rectified by the Mahama-led administration. According to him, Ghana is at a �threshold of a major breakthrough� as government makes frantic efforts to curb the energy crisis in the country. �I think that the difficulties we are experiencing now are temporary,� he stated. The President John Dramani Mahama, in his first State of the Nation Address to Parliament, stated that his government is making frantic efforts to curtail the nation�s erratic power supply. The President called on the citizenry to grit their teeth as government works around the clock to resolve the problem. He noted that since power was critical to the development of the country, he would go the extra mile to expedite works at the energy sector which has a direct bearing on productivity in the industrial and the agricultural sectors. He further professed on the floor of Parliament that the current situation was nothing good any government could write home about and that the magnitude of the crisis, has caused him sleepless nights. President Mahama therefore assured Ghanaians that despite the challenges facing the nation, Ghana will increase power generation to ensure we have reliable power supply and so, become a net exporter of power in years to come. He assured Ghanaians that the Mahama-led government will soon nip the problem in the bud.