The former vice president and presidential candidate of the NPP Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has quizzed President John Dramani Mahama on how he is going implement his flagship 24-hour economy with dumsor at the same time.
Dr Bawumia asserted that they knew the NDC’s 24-hour economy was a joke and today it is missing from the NDC policies.
According to Dr Bawumia, dumsor has taken over Ghana and the NPP warned Ghanaians that dumsor and NDC work together.
Speaking during a meeting with members of the Young Executive Forum (YEF) in London Dr Bawumia stated, “They told us they will bring in a 24-hour economy. This is their flagship promise, their flagship policy, 24-hour economy”.
Of course, we all knew it was a joke…Today, it’s completely missing from their policy. They are not even talking about it. It didn’t appear in their budget.
“How can you have a 24-hour economy with dumsor at the same time? I mean, you can’t.”
“Dumsor has taken over, and we warned Ghanaians that dumsor and NDC work together, and that was going to happen. Ghanaians didn’t listen, but we basically have been proven right,” he stated. “Dumsor is pretty bad, and it’s likely to get worse from what we can see”, Dr Bawumia added.
Meanwhile, John Jinapor has urged 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.
