The Minister of Vitality and Inexperienced Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has dismissed calls for from the NPP Minority Caucus in Parliament for the federal government to publish a load-shedding timetable.
In response to Mr Jinapor, there’s no ongoing load-shedding, as Ghana is presently exporting roughly 300 megawatts of energy to Burkina Faso, Benin, and different neighbouring nations.
His response follows a press convention held on Monday, third March, by former Finance Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam, the place NPP MPs criticised the federal government’s dealing with of the power sector and referred to as for a load-shedding schedule.
Nonetheless, throughout a information convention on the Jubilee Home on Friday, seventh March, Mr Jinapor denied stories of load-shedding and described the Minority’s request as “moot”.
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Ongoing Challenges and Authorities Measures
Whereas acknowledging challenges within the power sector, the Vitality Minister assured that the federal government is actively working to deal with them by procuring extra gas.
He acknowledged:
One of many unbiased energy producers, Bridge Energy, shut down operations on account of mounting unpaid liabilities. Nonetheless, we’ve got efficiently negotiated with them, and I’m happy to announce that they’re again on-line.
Moreover, Mr Jinapor disclosed plans to assemble a second fuel processing plant to mitigate the gas deficit.
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We require roughly $700 million price of liquid gas to bridge the deficit, as our present fuel provide is inadequate to satisfy demand.
Consequently, Cupboard has authorized a sequence of measures to deal with the state of affairs within the brief, medium, and long run.
Cupboard has additionally authorized, in collaboration with the Finance Ministry, the fast development of a second fuel processing plant.
Personal Sector Participation in Vitality Distribution
The Minister additionally reiterated the federal government’s dedication to encouraging non-public sector participation within the downstream distribution sector. He assured that the method might be clear, with a give attention to prioritising Ghanaian entrepreneurs and companies.
