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Founder and leader of the United Renaissance Party (URP) Charles Kofi Wayo says the rejection by government of his offer to properly restructure the energy sector is the cause of the present energy crises. 

According to Mr Wayo, he foresaw the energy crises when he returned to Ghana from America but his advise was ignored.

“When I came to Ghana, if you people remember, I said you were going to have energy crisis, let me solve it for you, it wouldn’t have cost you anything if you had supported me. But you Black people were abusing me, saying Kofi Wayo is crazy, he is broke don’t pay attention to him because I was taking too much.

 “By now you would have 5000 megawatt of power, and fuel would have been GHC 1.80 because I know the business and I have practical field experience” he stated on Hitz FM. Asked why both the previous and current government did not implement his solution to the energy crises, Mr. Wayo stated on Hitz FM’s Cruise Control hosted by Kwame B: “They are corrupt, they wanted bribe and I won’t pay it, not in my country”.

Chuck as he is popularly called said though President John Mahama is to be blamed for the present crises, he is not responsible for the country’s general power problems.

“John Mahama is not responsible for our power problem but you see people blaming him for it. The same people who got us into this mess are still the same people over there.

“The reason you have not achieved energy efficiency here (Ghana) is because the Managing Director of the power producer lives like the ‘maharajah of Pookajee” (maharajah of Pookajee is a cartoon benevolent king who hands out rubies for random acts of kindness).

“Go and see the cars they have, hundred thousand dollar cars, nobody arrests him and he is not afraid, in America they would have been arrested”, he added. Ghana is battling with inconsistent power supply despite various promises from government to address the situation.

The nation’s power distributor, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is currently shedding load because of the inadequate power it receives from the Volta River Authority and the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo).