A leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Gabby Asare Otchere-Darko, has lambasted former President John Mahama for asking government to make funds available to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
He said Mahama’s suggestion was misplaced looking at his track record.
On Thursday, April 16, in a speech to deliver food items to 20,000 households in the Greater Accra and Greater Kumasi areas as relief packages over the Coronavirus lockdown, asked the President, Nana Akufo-Addo-led NPP government to ensure it funds ECG.
That, he urged, was to enable the electricity company provide uninterrupted power during the period of the fight against COVID-19.
According to Mr Mahama, “Considering the new cases being discovered, it is clear that we are entering a new phase where there is the beginning of a horizontal spread of the disease.”
“This requires us to redouble our efforts in the battle against the pandemic,” he added.
The former President urged “In other for us the people of Ghana to realize the needed benefit from the subsidies on electricity tariffs and water announced, I ask the President to assure and fund ECG and the power producers to enable them to discharge their duties without interruption.”
But in response, Mr Otchere-Darko, wrote on his official Facebook page, reminding Mr Mahama about how his NDC government caused unprecedented electricity crisis in Ghana leading to the collapse of several businesses even when there was no coronavirus emergency.
He told Mr Mahama that “In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016, you had no Covid-19 to significantly disturb economic activity.”
“What you had was the longest dumsor in Ghana’s history, which significantly disturbed economic activity,” he told the former President who is seeking a comeback to power.
Mr Otchere-Darko further told Mr Mahama “and, why did we have dumsor? Mainly because ECG, Gridco, VRA, were woefully underfunded and highly indebted.”
He added that “so yes, the former President knows exactly what he’s talking about when he offers suggestions that this government should make sure it funds ECG adequately to avoid dumsor.”
According to him, Mr Mahama knows the consequences of his own inadequacies, adding that “good advice from one who has been there, done it and all.”
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Posterity is judging today. God bless President Mahama always for speaking for the masses. Let those who have ears hear
That ***barred word*** who thinks tabby and co will go to jail should prepare himself and his armed robbery gang for God's own condemnation. NDC is a total disgrace to humanity and normal human beings should rereject them adinfinitum
Who is that stupiiid nd idiotic person that says the govt has put Ghanaians in a difficult situation. Are u so naive that u don't know what is happening in the country? Stop your chaldiish , infantile and non productive politics and be rreeasooonable
Fellow Ghanaians, it’s time to stop playing games and learn how to face the reality. Mr Otchere-Darko, what a ***barred word*** attitude you have displayed by given such a senseless answer? Please there’s no time for politics now, if we try to play game with Covid-19 the monster will devastate Ghana . Mr Otchere-Darko, taking us back to those days of Mr Mahama, is totally uncalled for. We want to move forward not to turn our neck to see what we have left behind. All that Mr Mahama said was just a reminder for efficient Supply of Electricity to enable us to fight the invisible enemy Covid-19, nothing harmful about his request.
Gabby is only of the poor silly old men who suddenly became rich over night through politics and because of that he speaks with no senses and maturity is his submission, old silly man.
This Mahama guy has no moral right advising govt on dumsor because he is the worse manager of this country, if this pandemic had been under his watch thousands of Ghanaians would have been dead by now. Just simple cholera greedy mahama looked on and more than 200 Ghanaians died
Gabby and npp folks should be ashamed of themselves for putting citizens under this difficult condition. People are crying and bleeding at their homes, was this that npp promised Ghanaians? Since Nana Addo and npp party took over power on the 7th January 2017 problems Saa....till now. Where have we as citizens gone wrong? This is what Gabby and npp media houses should be concerned and not attacks on ex president Manama. NPP never again.....
Garby, don't waste your precious time to educate the NDC. For, there is nothing that can save her from extinction. Just listen to Asiedu Nketias' frustrations, and quite recently the flagbearer, Mahama making the rounds in northern Ghana, ugllly propagating trade-off between convid-19 research centers in northern Ghana and votes. Clearly, this is desperation and the doom of the NDC is here, right now because the presidency, Nana's leadership and competence make it very imminent.
Npp and f0000000ls think they can still tag president mahatma as corrupt and Ghanaians will listen to them and again vote for you? Now decending citizens have seen who is a corrupt leader. As for gabby and the rest they should prepare for jail in 2021
You asked the president,in what capacity,you are every where just making noise,are you the one who have to advice the president in what he knows already,you could not advice your self,Mr ***barred word***,alias,y3ntiaobia,so just ***barred word***,and watch,