The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, John Mahama, has accused the government of attempting to shift the responsibility for the current power crisis onto a future NDC administration, should his party win the upcoming election.
Mahama claimed that the government has deliberately refrained from issuing a load-shedding timetable to conceal the full extent of the country’s electricity issues.
According to him, this ongoing disruption stems from the recent withdrawal of Sunon Asogli from the power supply sector, exacerbating the crisis.
He further alleged that the administration intends to leave an estimated $2 billion debt within the energy sector for the next government to address, which would severely constrain future solutions and deepen the sector’s challenges.
Mahama made these remarks while addressing supporters in Ehiamankyene, in the Krachi West District of the Oti Region.
“We do not have a stable plant because Sunon Asogli has shut down its plant due to significant unpaid debt owed by the government. As a result, dumsor has returned and this is because the government is not being truthful with Ghanaians, in our previous administration we implemented a load-shedding timetable to manage the crisis but the current government refuses to do so because they fear being blamed for bringing back dumsor.
“However the reality is that dumsor is back, they know the NDC is likely to come to power, so they are trying to shift this burden onto us, additionally they are planning to pass an estimated bill of two billion dollars in debt within the energy sector to the next NDC administration,” he stated.
Mahama also projected that the party will secure a victory in the Greater Accra Region by a margin of three hundred thousand votes in the upcoming December 7 elections.
“We want to increase the vote that we get from Volta and the Oti regions, and I am sure that if we are able to do that, it will also increase our vote in Greater Accra. Greater Accra we won it the last time…We need to win with about three hundred thousand votes and we need to widen the gap in the Volta region.
“NPP got about a hundred thousand votes in the Volta region the last time and we got about eight hundred thousand votes, we need to decrease the votes that they get in the Volta region. I don’t think NPP will get about three hundred thousand votes in the Volta region,” he said.
Mahama is expected to wrap up his tour in the Oti Region while his running mate, Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, will begin a two-day campaign tour of the Volta Region today.
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