Kofi Anokye, Chief Executive (CEO) of Koans Building Solutions in Accra has stated that the President Mahama-led ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) cannot solve the prolonged power crisis, popularly known as ‘dumsor’ with the approach it has adopted.
According to him “We have spent millions of dollars of the taxpayer to bring in barges that are producing at a very high cost to Ghanaians, but it is becoming clear that the solution to our energy problems do not lie in thermal but rather in hydro as we have seen over the years,” .
Speaking to the media in Accra a couple of days ago, Mr. Anokye said Ghana needs an urgent long-term solution that would not take into consideration the procurement of power barges and added that the time has come for the government to reassess its handling of the various hydro dams, particularly Akosombo and invest heavily in those facilities to ensure cheaper supply of electricity.
The businessman expatiated that the long-term solution to the power crisis cannot come from power barges because they are too expensive for our economy, environmentally not advisable and that hydro is the best bet whilst solar, barges and other alternative power generation methods can best serve as backups saying: “As a matter of fact, no country relies on power barges as a permanent source of electricity power”.
“With the nation undergoing it longest load shedding, government has a point to prove that the crisis was not beyond it but it appears they are letting everybody down. The industrial sector has been ravaged by the dumsor and the economic implications have been dire.”
Mr. Anokye said the method of returning water back to the Volta Lake would ensure constant water for the turbines and the Volta River Authority (VRA) would be able to provide all the power the country needs at a bearable cost.
“I dedicated the whole of 2015 trying to get the VRA to take a look at my proposal which was on offer for free and one that their engineers could not discount its possibility and feasibility,” he noted.
He said all the solutions by the NDC government have come with an extra cost to Ghanaians who evidently were not ready for.
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