Ghana In Power Crisis Over Shortage Of Gas Supply From Nigeria
March 22, 2014 – Ghana In Power Crisis Over Shortage Of Electricity Supply From Nigeria
Former Deputy Minister of Energy and Member of Parliament (MP) for Adansi Asokwa, Kobina Tahir Hammond, has urged the Government to pursue Nigeria for breach of the agreement to supply gas to Ghana.
President John Mahama on Monday instructed Energy and Petroleum Minister, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah to go to Nigeria and hold talks with the Nigerian authorities for the supply of gas as a bid to ending Ghana’s power crisis.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Wednesday, released a schedule for a load management exercise for two weeks, following shortage in the generation of required energy supply to power the nation.
This is because Nigeria is now supplying 30million cubic feet of the gas instead of the agreed 120million cubic feet.
Chief Director of the Energy and Petroleum Ministry, Dr. Thomas Akabza, says the meeting with Nigeria has begun yielding positive results.
But speaking on ‘Pampaso’ on Adom TV, Tuesday, K.T. Hammond described as waste of time, the decision by the president to send the minister to Negotiate for the supply of the product that the country was paying for.
According to him, government in the interim, should purchase crude oil to power the thermal generating plants to supplement the gas, which is currently not available.
He therefore urged the John Mahama-led administration to develop hydro dam in Pwualugu and Juale, which he said are capable of generating 50 and 90 megawatts of power respectively.
[MYJOYONLINE]
Ghana should stop complaining, even Nigeria do not have stable power supply how do u expect ur tiny colony to have one
Are u kitting me so Nigeria supply energy to ghana no wwonder we never have stable power supply
Chei!,so the Fisher man have been selling his big fish,feeding on crayfish and fish bones and still can’t make money to mend his leaking roof.mismanagement and corruption,it will never be good for you.
SOMETIMES I WONDER WHERE NIGERIA HAS ACTUALLY GONE WRONG TO BE EXPERIENCING SUCH HEAVY EVILS IN THE COUNTRY..CSN YOU IMAGINE A COUNTRY SUPPLYING ANOTHER COUNTRY POWER MEANWHILE….SOMWHOW ITS THE NATURE OF MOS NIGERIANS LEAVING WITH HIGH SERVICE..YOU WILL SEE A YORUBA MAN THROWING A BIG PARTY MEANWHILE THE KIDS ARE STARVING…I FEEL NIGERIANS NEEDS SELF ORIENTATION TO START WITH BEFORE THE COUNTRY CAN MOVE ON AND ALSI KICK OUT BAD LEADERS BY FIRE BY FORCE…ENOUGH IS ENOUGH…
light is life here in Ghana
Na wa ooooo see naija supply ghana electricity while will suffer here. wondas neva shall never seize
Nigeria does not supply Ghana.u only supply gas to power the machines!
Nigeria is sencless country and ruled by senceless men and women
So na me they pay for the light wey ghanians they make use off, hush! Head ache; no wonder I pay a very tremendous bill each month. Ihgooh
Una never see anything,What of NIGERIANS dat d powr is never available
let ghana remain in darkness till they learn to respect nigeria
bad Government bad leadership so called leaders robbing wit biro, Rich getting Richer poor getting poorer 99 % unemployment rate how can ghana rely on 9ja in a first place? can any meanful tin come frm 9ja?
I am a nigerian I belive that our country should meet up with the terms of agreement which ghana gov.paid for,imagine 30 million cubic feet from 120 million cubic feet which our country signed with them in agreement let call a spade a spade so that we don’t face the wreath of thy lord.
IT WILL BE WELL WITH NIGERIA. AMEN IN JESUS CHRIST PRECIOUS NAME.