Jennifer Oforiwa Queen, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Deputy Communications Director has outrageously claimed Energy Minister John Jinapor is advertising dumsor to empower armed robbers.
According to her the Energy Minister indirectly assists criminal activity through his constant commentary on Ghana’s electricity challenges.
She claimed the minister’s repeated public statements on dumsor are not just political jabs, but serve as notice for armed robbers to plan their attacks.
Speaking on Movement TV, Jennifer Oforiwa Queen claimed, “Today when they want to put off the light, they advertise it to armed robbers”.
“John Jinapor is advertising dumsor to empower armed robbers to go on operations”, she added.
Her comments come following John Jinapor’s recent urging Ghanaians not to panic in terms of any potential power crisis in the country.
Speaking to members of the Energy Committee of Parliament, Mr Jinapor stated, “We require about $1.1 billion to procure liquid fuel alone. Unfortunately, the liquid fuel is not part of the tariff structure, and so we will be buying close to $15 billion of liquid fuel, and that has to be paid by the central government.”
“Karpower has just sent us a letter that by the 18th, they will shut down the plant because we owe them more than $400 million. IPPs alone, we owe them $1.7 billion, and so it’s serious,” the Minister stressed.
“ECG is unable to collect all the monies, and so you are having a deficit of about 2 billion cedis every month when it comes to ECG’s collections. When you add that deficit and you add the fuel, which is not part of the pass-through, you are looking at over 30 billion,” he said.
However, speaking on Citi Eyewitness News John Jinapor clarified the power situation stating that the government has procured 450,000 barrels of light crude oil arriving this weekend.
Speaking on Citi Eyewitness News John Jinapor clarified the power situation stating that the government has procured 450,000 barrels of light crude oil arriving this weekend.
He stated, “On fuel stock, we did indicate to them that we have 2.6 days of fuel. But I also did say that fortunately, the Ministry of Finance has supported us—we’ve procured 450,000 barrels of light crude oil arriving this weekend.”
“So, it is true that we have 2.6 days of stock, the good news is that we have 450,000 barrels coming in, so we shouldn’t panic. We will be okay. No—[there is no looming power crisis],” he assured.
