Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama has stated he will fix the current power crisis once and for all.
According to the President, the country had faced similar crisis in 1993, 1998, 2006 and 2007 but he will not manage the crisis like previous governments had done but end it.
He said this on the floor of Parliament as he delivered the 2015 State of the Nation address on Wednesday, 26th February, 2015.
“I do not intend to manage the situation, I intend to fix it. I, John Dramani Mahama will fix this energy challenge”.
The current power crisis started in 2012 and has been worsening since.
On paper, this crisis should not exist because with an installed capacity of 2,800, a consumer demand of 2,100 should be enough.
Ghana is suffering a deficit of about 1,000megawatts due to broken down power plants and unreliable gas from Nigeria.
But this will be a thing of the past as 3,665 megawatts will be added to the national grid by 2016, he noted.
This will push total installed capacity to 6,465megawatts.
According to the President, Asogli Phase 2 will add 350megawatts, coal power generation will bring on 750megawatts, CERNIT -350, General Electric-1,000megawatts, VRA T4 will add 184megawatts and Kpong plant at Tema set to bring on 220megawatts.