President John Mahama says his administration has worked to prevent the looming threat of power outages that threatened to derail the early days of his presidency.
He said the country was better placed with regards to energy supply ahead of the maintenance of the West African Gas Pipeline which was postponed about two weeks ago.
The president, who was speaking during an event to swear in six new ministers of state on Wednesday, reminded his audience that while in opposition, he had made “specific pledges” to address challenges in the energy sector which had been made more dire by “the parlous state of our economy”.
He asserted that the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration had not rolled out a plan to keep the lights during the period which the pipeline will be shut.
“The previous government did not work to ensure the smooth running of the energy sector by electing to arrange enough fuel to power our thermal plants,” he said.
The president continued: “Through determined efforts, I can report now that we have averted the looming threat of power outages and began delivering fuel to the thermal plants in the east in advance of the shutdown of the West African Gas Pipeline.”
The unstable energy supply concern was amongst the topical issues President Mahama had to deal with when he took office on January 7th 2025.
Barely 24 hours into his new presidency, he set up a 12-member committee to make recommendations on ways by which the looming energy crisis could be resolved.
Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu, John Jinapor who chaired the committee has now been sworn in as Minister of Energy and is expected to oversee the president’s efforts in providing energy security for the country.
