Government has described as false, claims by the NPP
flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the Kufuor
administration added 560 megawatts of power to the national grid
before leaving office in 2009.
Nana Akufo Addo announced at the recent IEA Presidential
debate that the Kufour administration also planned to increase
generation capacity to 5000 megawatts by 2012.
But Deputy Energy Minister Inusah Fuseini in a reaction said
the Kufuor administration failed to add a single megawatt of
electricity to the existing power stock during it two
terms.
He told a news conference on Friday that the 80 megawatt of
electricity added in 2007 was initiated by a consortium of mining
companies and not the Kufuor administration.
“NPP never added a single megawatt to the electric capacity
of our power system; indeed it was in 2007 that the mines reserved
plant with an installed capacity of 80 megawatts was added to the
national grid through a consortium of mining companies in
Ghana.
“Subsequently not a single generating plant came on string
before the NPP government left office in December 2008 therefore it
cannot be true or accurate to state that Kufuor era added 560
megawatt to the National grid” Hon. Fuseini said.
Alhaji Inusah Fuseini also announced that the current load
shedding for off peak periods will be stopped by Monday November
5.
