Another attempt to destroy government property and temper of power supply in the country has been foiled as unknown arsonists attempted to torch some gas pipelines within the Tema enclave.
According to Public Relations Officer for the Energy Ministry, Nana Damoah, the gas pipelines supply fuel to the generating center of the Authority at the Tema industrial area.
Nana Damoah who was speaking in an interview on Citi Eyewitness, Monday, indicated that “Last night (Sunday), some security men doing some regular checks along the pipelines that take one of the generating plants within the Tema enclave discovered that some persons had packed car tyres over some pipelines that were transmitting fuel to the generation plant and had torched these tyres, so they were burning.”
He expressed sadness over this development especially as it comes on the back of the destruction of some pylons near the head office of state power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo).
Nana Damoah says "it gets more confusing and it gets sadder that as we are facing challenges and working hard to get the people of Ghana out of the challenges that we are facing, there are some very determined persons who also wish that we will stay in the condition for a longer period. Investigations into this development have begun.”
He has however assured that the incident at Tema will not cause any power outage.
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu, had condemned the destruction of some pylons near the head office of state power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), describing the perpetrators as “thieves” and “animals”.
The pylons, which were destroyed on Monday, 25 March 2018, were discovered by some GRIDCo staff.
Mr Amewu, who inspected the destruction, pointed out that there were measures to protect such installations and other strategic national assets.
He, however, added that the authorities “cannot be everywhere at every time and some of these thieves, some of these animals in our society will do things just to outwit the security”.
In his opinion, the action by the suspects constitutes “a complete sabotage” of the work of the power distributors.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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HANDIWORK OF THE EVIL NDC. NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. IS ANY THING TOO HARD FOR THEM TO DO? A PARTY WHOSE CHAIRMAN IS AN ELDER OF REVEREND CHURCH BUT WILL PLAN TO MAKE THE NATION UNGOVERNABLE AND THE LIVES OF SOME CITIZENS UNCOMFORTABLE.
THE SECURITY OPERATIVE MUST BE GIVEN ORDER TO SHOOT BY SIGHT ANY SABOTER FOUND IN UNDERTAKING ANY OF SUCH EVIL ACTS. SECURITY NUMBER MUST BE GIVEN OUT TO PUBLIC TO CALL THEM ON ANY SUSPICION ELEMENT OR MOVE TO CAUSE HARM TO STATE PROPERTY IN THE NAME OF SUCH POLITICAL NONSENSEEEEEE. DURING JJ TIME DIRECTIVES SUCH AS SHOOT BY SIGHT OF PEOPLE CONSIDERE TO BE ENEMY OF THE STATE WAS COMMON. SOME ENLISTED INDIVIDUAL WERE NAMED TO BE SHOT BY SIGHT EVEN WHEN NOT COMMITING ANY CRIME AT THAT POINT. IT IS MORE JUSTIFIED TO SHOOT BY SIGHT ANY FOUND TO COMMIT SUCH A HEINOUS CRIME TO SABOTAGE THE NATION. I AM STILL NOT HAPPY WITH A G FOR APPARENT DOING NOTHING OVER OFOSU AMPOFO ISSUE. GHANAIANS MIGHT NO LONGER BELIEVE IN ANY POLITICIANS IF AKKUFO ADDO REFUSE TO TAKE ACTION OVER ISSUES OF CORRUPTION INCLUDING DOUBLE SALARY SAGA. WHAT DID OKUDJATO ABLAKWA AND OTHERS NOT DO TO ACCUSE AND HARASS SOME MINISTERS OF CORRUPTION WHEN THERE WASN'T ANY. IF A DOG WILL NOT BITE YOU IT WILL NOT SHOW THE TEETH TO YOU. THE INACTION TO PUNISH CORRUPTION IS CAUSING ANGER IN MANY GHANAIANS AND DISTRUST FOR AKUFFO ADDO NPP GOVERNMENT. 2020 IN JUST AT THE CONER. KEEP TREATING NDC CORRUPTION UNDER MAHAMA WITH KIDS GLOVES. YOU WILL SEE WHAT NDC WOULD DO TO YOU IF GHANAIANS REJECT YOU FOR YOU INACTION TO PUNISH THEM.
Why do you look far for the culprits when Elder Ofosu Ampofo of Church of Pentecost fame has told the whole world that this will be his strategy for winning election 2020 for NDC? The man should be in jail by now. He is evil and God has exposed him big time. Will even an adherent of Kwaku Firi Shrine plot such evil? Hypocrite.
ndc is always happy when there is dumsor. So why look too far for the criminals. It is themselves and their fullll and uneducated supporters. Everyday for the ***barred word***, certainly one day will be for the owner.
After the pylon sabotage ,bni and cid still it's there aloof like a ***barred word*** sheep .If I was the president the top hierarchy of bni and cid will be sacked by now.
So what at all does it cost to mount a proper 24 hour camera and security surveillance on these key national installations? The Ministry should not for a moment think that everyone shares in the generally accepted and agreeable principle of One nation; one destiny. Every nation has saboteurs and ours is no exception. However, what potentially could make ours different is that it could be stemming from political considerations. We've had enough of the complaints and pictorial evidence. We know need to be focusing on laying hands on at least, one person. Government has all the power, machinery and resources at its disposal to do that! It beats me how in this day and age, we still cannot mount surveillance cameras on all the principal streets, highways and traffic lights. That would solve 80% of the criminal investigations of our police department.
They think we are ***barred word***, this is just a propaganda stunt undertaken by the NPP themselves. Dangeruos people. We have not forgoten how women were turning up dead during rawlings last term but suddenly when they won it stopped. God will punish you paaaa
YES, THAT IS OFOSU AMPOFO'S COVERT AND OVERT OPERATIONS FOR YOU.
Some people are just wicked, other than that people will not kill others for their properties and we must know that all people dont think the same. As others are busily going about their duties others are planning evil about how to attack or rob others, lets put in strong measures to control things of this nature than linking everything to politics in this country. Day break Ghana!