Former Deputy Minister of Energy and Member of Parliament For Yapei-Kusawgu constituency, John Jinapor has given a 24 hour ultimatum to the Minister of Energy, John Peter Amewu to publish an already prepared Load Shedding Time Table for the current power crisis the country is facing.
Acoording to him it is worthy to note that GRIDCo has been clandestinely shedding about 200MW since the first week of February this year.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he noted that ECG has admitted that they are shedding power across the country but the ministry has instructed them not to issue a time table to that effect.
"I therefore call on the Akufo-Addo-led Government to immediately desist from the blatant deception and publish the Load Shedding Time Table to enable Ghanaians plan their daily schedules," a statement signed by John Jinapor stated.
"The Minister of Energy is hereby put on notice that failure to comply within 24 hours will compel us to explore all available options under the 1992 Constitution and the Standing Orders of Parliament not excluding a vote of censure on him," he added.
Read Below a Copy Of The Statement
The Minster for Energy, Mr. Peter Amewu must with immediate effect lift his unlawful gagging orders which he has imposed on the Power Sector SOEs preventing them from publishing an already prepared Load Shedding Time Table.
It is instructive to note that GRIDCo has been clandestinely shedding about 200MW since the first week of February this year with no end in sight.
Let me be clear, that the dreaded DUMSOR which the Mahama administration resolved is sadly back due to the ineptitude and mismanagement of the energy sector.
Ironically, this Government has consistently maintained that the nation has too much power generation and does not even know what to do with the excess capacity.
Today the Ministry of Energy having been exposed badly with the current DUMSOR the nation is witnessing is moving away from its earlier position that Power outages was solely a result of financial challenges.
For the records, this Government has not procured a single drum of Light Crude Oil (LCO) since 2019 which is a key substitute for Gas.
I therefore call on the Akufo-Addo-led Government to immediately desist from the blatant deception and publish the Load Shedding Time Table to enable Ghanaians plan their daily schedules.
The Minister of Energy is hereby put on notice that failure to comply within 24 hours will compel us to explore all available options under the 1992 Constitution and the Standing Orders of Parliament not excluding a vote of censure on him.
Enough of the deception and lack of transparency in Ghana's energy sector. Ghana deserves better.
John Abdulai Jinapor
Former Deputy Minister of Energy
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/[email protected]
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Supposed JJ please go to myjoyonline and read the time table for yourself.And stop exhibiting your ignorance. Infact we are tired of your doomsday calls.
Can Peace FM also publish the ECG notices just like joyonline did? John Abdulai Jinapor Former Deputy Minister of Energy. NDC! Is above still considered as title?
Look at him. Who is he warning? Always warning, threatening, are you people not Ghanaians? Ghanaians are cultured note that and behave as such please.
Look at his face. Who are you to give government an ultimatum?. Do you think the government will kowtow to your s.e.n.s.e.l.e.s.s arguments? Because of your uncultured behaviour, I pray that your constituents vote against you and bring someone who will serve their interest in Parliament. Nemesis will catch up with you man one day.
So why is the minority in the rush to see Ghana go into dumsor under this government. Why are they praying for such unfortunate thing to happen again just to score cheap political points? God save Ghana.
this is a funny world. Look at them!
No one should vote for NDC again...they will put us into summer.... the way we suffered in their hands for 4years ehhh..
Peace fm on line, why do you continue to give de deceptive headlines just to attract readership. It's only J J Rawlings who is known as JJ. All others are fake and you discontinue giving this JJ to jinapor. This man has always been praying for dumsor just to score political equalization. My brother, we're not getting dumsor and you can do the unthinkable if you don't get the timetable. You people promised to protest until voting time and it seems fatigue has set in. By the way when is your next demonstration and in which town or city? In case you get to the U N, tell Trump to ban Nana from supervising any election in Ghana with a new register
Hurray dumsor is back