Former President John Dramani Mahama says the energy crisis that hit Ghana between 2012 and 2016 – popularly referred to as ‘dumsor’ – was solved by his administration, not the current government.
He is therefore telling the New Patriotic Party (NPP) to stop deceiving Ghanaians that the Akufo-Addo-led government resolved the crisis.
Addressing delegates of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Adentan Constituency as part of his five-day campaign tour of the Greater Accra Region, Mr Mahama described as false claims by NPP officials that they solved dumsor.
He explained that every single additional generation capacity of electricity currently in Ghana, including Ameri power and KarPower plants, was put in place by the NDC administration.
“But today some people are trying to take the credit for solving ‘dumsor’ when they haven’t added a single megawatt of electricity to Ghana’s power generation,” he said.
According to Mr Mahama, it was the work done by his administration in the energy sector that made him to declare in 2016 that Ghana will become a net exporter of electricity.
He therefore wondered why President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo would make similar announcement and claim the credit for solving the energy crisis.
He said the NDC administration also stabilised the economy after fixing the energy crisis.
The former president was hopeful that the NDC will return to power in 2020 and urged members of the party to unite and work hard for victory.
He also committed himself to working hard to reduce the high cost of living in the country as well as provide jobs, when elected in the next elections.
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Mahama and anybody who claim that he Mahama solved the Dumsor crisis is a liar, and by extension, a ***barred word***. I recollect very well that when Prez Akufo Addo was introducing Boakye Agyarko as the Minister of Energy, he stated that the Dumsor issue was purely a financial issue ie money matters. Boakye Agyarko had the experience in finance to solve that problem, that is why he wanted him to head the Energy Ministry. As at the very time, there was Dumsor. So how come Mahama who had expired came back to solve Dumsor? Mahama seem to take Ghanaians for granted. He had earlier said we Ghanaians have very short memories. No doubt some people "without sense" support his lies that he solved Dumsor
This man want credit ooo anyway Mr JDM for dumsor u did your best. But the attack on him by NPP is rather making him popular oooo. It seems JM is strategically making controversial statement these days.
Seriously speaking Mahama's ONLY achievement is solving Dumsor so for that let give him credit. The rest....hmmm.
Though we went through crisis with Dumsor Mahama really did well by solving it.
Hmmm it seems the insult on this man is unnecessary becoming too much. let show some respect to him at least.
Truth will always surpass lies. Dumsor was solved under Mahama. I hate him though but let's not take his credit.
that is the naked truth mahama solved dumsor period it was ov er b4 npp took power so stop deceiving Ghanaians always trying to take credit for others achievements,thats npp for me
My friend stop the lies. You clueless and incompetence Mahama how can you claim this credit. The argument never been generation. It always the generating money to buy crude.
Drunkard Talks or this Ex President is on Tramadol .
I WONDER WHAT NDC POLITICIANS LEARN IN COLLEGE. IT WAS MANAGEMENT OF POWER THAT WAS THE CAUSE OF THE DUMSOR. THEY SEEM NOT TO LISTEN BUT KEEP ON REPEATING: "WE HAVE BUILT THIS INFRASTRUCTURE, WE HAVE ADDED THIS AND THAT.........". WHILST ADDING AND BUILDING ARE GOOD, WHICH ANY BUSINESSMAN CAN DO, THE CHALLENGE IS THE MANAGEMENT; IT IS HOW YOU MANAGE THE SYSTEM THAT WE CAN USE TO MEASURE THE PERFORMANCE OF A GOVERNMENT. BECAUSE OF NDC'S POOR MANAGEMENT RECORDS, THEY CANNOT MANAGE SOCIAL INTERVENTIONS, POWER, .....AND EVEN THE PEOPLE THEY WERE GOVERNING. HOW CAN YOUNG NDC POLITICIANS INSULT EVERY ADULT WHO CAME THEIR WAY? PASTORS, CHIEFS, GROWN UPS OF ALL CATEGORIES.....