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Ending 'dumsor': Emergency plants bad deal – ACEP

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  • BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    I personally disagreed with Dr. Nyaho Tamakloe on this issue. Nana " Y3n Akanfuo " Binaddo did not in anyway abused or take the tribalistic Npp Motorbikes thieves for granted, but rather the entire Npp is foolish to bets with ...
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  • POSSIBILITIES 9 years ago

    THIS BBC NEWS!!!!! man is dying from pains and envy and jealousy of akans who keep progressing despite all the animosities and hatred displayed by anti akanistic elements in ghana......anti akanistic bbc news!!!! THE BATTLE I ...
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  • BEN 9 years ago

    PLEASE STOP THESE YOUR YOUR TOO KNOWN ; ALL WE WANT IS END DUMSOR WE ARE READY TO PAY THE COST

  • OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

    Author:-SGT ANANI FIADZOE...
    But we have such a senseless and weakest President fellow country men and women, what should we expect as a nation?

    The entire NDC so-called politicians are all "BENTOA", salt, cooking oil, s ...
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  • joe t 9 years ago

    Better a senseless and weakest President than an old foolish one tribal bigoted one with his equally bigoted followers

  • prez mahama 9 years ago

    when it suits them they say akan but we all know they are talking about twi.
    Their party and history is full of bogoted tribal matemehu idiots but yet think they have any moral right to lead a united Ghana. NPP is not an Aka ...
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  • Clueless Bawumia 9 years ago

    If you have Opposition leaders like drud baron akufo Addo, what do u expect from his followers??

  • eugene 9 years ago

    ndc girl was last caught with drug in london

  • GH 9 years ago

    IF THE OPPOSITION COULD HAVE COME OUT WITH SUCH ALTENATIVE LIKE YOU THEN THE WILL GO IN FOR SUCH AN EXPENSIVE DEAL

  • Ritewing 9 years ago

    The President and his Ndc party approached the IMF formally for a bailout, after they messed up the economy. If the President is lost in the dark and for which reason he wants a ' Dumsor bailout ' he should apply to the NPP f ...
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  • eugene 9 years ago

    is your anus marketable at bojo beach when the white men from germany fuck it

  • BEN 9 years ago

    PLEASE STOP THESE YOUR TALK

  • SGT ANANI FIADZOE 9 years ago

    You and your NDC cows will loose the 2016 elections.

  • Queen 9 years ago

    JOHN MAHAMA IS CONFUSED BEYOND MEASURE. JUST DOING THINGS LIKE CHICKEN WITH THE HEAD CUT

  • Neutral Zone 9 years ago

    Know how to criticize. This Amin man has no solutions to dumsur but want to sound like an expert after the fact. Think tank on Africa Energy my behind. Ship him to South Africa to help them on their energy crisis.

  • AGYAAKU 9 years ago

    Is this the very same Amin Anta, the NPP Regional Secretary who was appointed deputy Northen Regional Minister accused of........? If so, any wonder his opinion on NDC's development programs?

    How can the chicken ever plea ...
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  • Don Blunt 9 years ago

    But what the man is saying is true.

    I bet, you will be one of those who will question why "a few people" could dupe the whole country, if they go ahead with the emergency power generation.

    Have you ever asked yourself ...
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  • Don Blunt 9 years ago

    Sad, but don't forget, it is the choice of many Ghanaians who used their wisdom to vote

  • POSSIBILITIES 9 years ago

    ANY BUSINESS NDC DOES FOR GHANA IS FULL OF COOKERY, THIEVERY, AND DEEPENING OF POVERTY OF GHANIANS ESPECIALLY DEEPENING POVERTY OF NORTH AND VOLTA WHICH ARE THE POOREST IN GHANA....ide biii kekekekeee

  • nii 9 years ago

    EEVRY IDIOTS IN GHANA IS allowed to SPEW OUT THEIR NONENESENSE??

  • 4 Year Old 9 years ago

    Sit down and stop the bragging.

  • Sly 9 years ago

    Fire burn u all

  • eugene 9 years ago

    how long has Shell been spilling oil in the Niger Delta????? 60 year ago Nigeria was drilling for oil...Did ndc find oil then or the last 50 years?????

  • Mohammed .japan 9 years ago

    All we warnt is the end of it.forever.So Name his time no no no no no no

  • United Ghana 9 years ago

    True, all we want is the end of it, but, not at any cost. There has to be value for money. How can this profligate govt justify $700m on the Dubai barges when it can be bought for $222m? Where's the opposition?

  • Abugre Yahaya 9 years ago

    Please, let us all be realistic in our thinking and analysis. Dumsor is a climate change issue and not the fault of any government. Yet all Ghanaians and particularly opportunistic NPP are behaving as if it is Mahama-led caus ...
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  • eugene 9 years ago

    in any country Even USA you can't rely on mother nature...some lakes in USA have no water...Thats why they are coal & nuclear and natural gas fired generators too!

  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    Ghanaians are right in questioning the competence of the Mahama administration because this issue has been around since 2011 and if, after 3 years, the President is talking about fixing it, then we have a problem. Where has h ...
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  • Elvis keelson 9 years ago

    so we should let De government run De nation to poverty??.....n mind u De dumsor is not caused by climate change okay...Wat of nations dat don't ve dams n those dat ve dams but are not experiencing dumsor....Is just miss mana ...
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  • JAMES Y 9 years ago

    ACP must be asked; if the government opts to buy the barges outright instead acquiring them on lease, where is it going to find the estimated $222 million it is talking about, knowing very well the opposition party (NPP) are ...
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  • JAMES Y 9 years ago

    instead of acquiring...

  • Anomakese [okodie] 9 years ago

    How can we solve the dumsor problem with a presedent who don't listen to anyone.

  • Dessy 9 years ago

    Folks, doing something is better than doing nothing..energy generating major issue as far as country's development is concern..and we can import thousands of generators if we not put measures in place regarding how to mainta ...
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  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    For the 3 years when this issue has been going on, nothing more than (as the President correctly pointed out) managing the issue has been done but now he promises he is going to fix it.

    Only God knows how much it is going ...
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  • J. Farra 9 years ago

    Government will make such decisions when each and every Ghanaian blame the government for not been able to fix the power situation in the country.

  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    J farra,
    Where on earth are you coming from. You have the guts and audacity to blame the long-suffering Ghanaian for pushing for a basic human right?

    Come on, what has the govt been doing since 2011, when this thing start ...
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  • FiFi 9 years ago

    So why has it taken years to figure out that an option is to import temporary "dumsor" abatement... Look to look term solutions!!!

  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    Thank you Fifi, that is my question too. the only answer I can think of is they thought they could manage it by using those foul mouthed politicians (from both the NDC and NPP) on those radio stations

    Now that it has becom ...
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  • Jack 9 years ago

    Who are you calling foul-mouthed?

  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    I cant remember the names, there is a particular one, very immature to say the least, I think he has two Anglo-Saxon names.
    I think he was the one who insulted the differently-abled guy from another political party saying t ...
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  • Oh Ghana 9 years ago

    The matter is simple: buying it outright saves money than the lease

    We talk too much in Ghana and in the end confuse the entire issue

  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    I think talking is ok, so long as nobody pulls a gun and say everybody shut up or ...

  • GH 9 years ago

    WHERE IS THE MONEY TO BUY OUTRIGHT??

  • Braveman 9 years ago

    ending dumsor emergency plants bad deal acep

  • Awotse TT 9 years ago

    The key word in this dumsor business is "structural issues"
    As an example both VRA and ECG have no idea the total power consumption needed in Ghana.
    Second the illlegal connections and bribery is deeply embeded with thes ...
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  • Kofi B 9 years ago

    Solar is fine, would they implement those rebates, they dont need to re-invent, just copy with pride what has been done elsewhere and implement

    In the interimn, that could be done really fast for the large institutions

  • KWAKU ANANSE 9 years ago

    JOHN MAHAMA IS TOO LAZY, THAT IS WHY GHANA IS IN A MESS. HE CANNOT HACK IT, AS PRESIDENT. ALL HE KNOW IS COMMUNICATION. HE HAS NOT RUN ANYTHING IN HIS LIFE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN HE IS CEO OF GHANA INCOPORATED AND FOUND WANTING. ...
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  • Ben 9 years ago

    The Dr. should tell us if thw value for money arguement is based on the fact that the lease of operating lease or finance lease and whether the government will be responsible for the operating cost of the plants. If the compa ...
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  • ATIA FRAFRA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 9 years ago

    TANII IS STILL TANII, WHAT EVER IT IS. MAHAMA IS TANII, NO BRAINS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Zargon 9 years ago

    ACEP are run by the NPP so I'm not surprised- what pressure group tweaaaaa. Is this CEO not the former major of tamale-NPP who have held a lot of post under the NPP?

  • George, Koforidua 9 years ago

    All these technocrats are hypocrites and saboteurs. They are the ones behind our current situation. They only know how to criticise.

  • BOY KOFI 9 years ago

    Govt must buy power from Ivory Coast and Burkina Faso just like we were also selling power to some countries before.It will be better for Govt to buy gas and feul from another country than always waiting for Nigeria.These are ...
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  • Abongo 9 years ago

    Nonsense Mr. Book long. When did you start to put on your thinking cup?

  • Andrew 9 years ago

    Management students at all levels of education even up to PhD should now pursue a course of study known as "Fix". This is a recent result finding released by Professor Emeritus John Mahama. To paraphrase part of the Executi ...
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  • Gr 9 years ago

    The billion dollar bond money most of it is still supposed to be "sitting in the bank" use that

  • Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    He has no sense

  • Bastard Akufo Addo 9 years ago

    Stupid boy

  • DUMSOR IS NANA'S LAST HOPE 9 years ago

    Npp wishes endless dumsor for Ghana and ghanaians because they believe dumsor will win them power. All-die-be-die. All dumsor be dumsor. Power at any price!

  • KA AKYIRE 9 years ago

    8 YEARS OF J A KUFOUR WHAT AT ALL DID YOU NPP ADDED AND MAHAMA HAD SOLD AWAY?
    GIVE US A BREAK

  • Sly 9 years ago

    Keep up the good work.

  • Luther King 9 years ago

    Have calculated the present value of $700m? Only that can u say the govt had a bad deal. Lets do more analysis so that when we are talking we talk with authority not based on conjecture.

  • joe t 9 years ago

    why dont mahama give this idiots the mandate to cure the dumsor so we see what at all they can do.

  • NPP HAS NO SOLUTIONS. ONLY INSULTS 9 years ago

    NPP HAS NO SOLUTIONS. Only insults, sabotage, threats, lawsuits, vote rigging strikes, demos, wearing death colours black and red and setting fires. Useless party

  • komfo 9 years ago

    Ghanaians talk too much.Does this man wants to say that the government did not discuss these technical issues with VRA/ECG/GRIDCO before coming out with these measures?
    They should give us a break.The government knows what i ...
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  • Redd 9 years ago

    So how is this a bad deal? That a site must be found for the ship and connecting to the national grid must be done etc....is that what makes it a bad deal?If you buy your own domestic genset don't you have to find a suitable ...
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  • CHARLIE 9 years ago

    I am a Ghanaian and Ghanaians are fools, after 26 years on NDC power has the country progress or getting out of hands. IF We don't stop tribalism, we are never going to move ahead. NO LIGHT AND NO WATER ONLY FOOLS Supporting ...
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  • concerned citizen 9 years ago

    Are they afraid dumsor will be over?

  • dan 9 years ago

    The whole idea of this rush to buy an emergency solution from Turkey n dubai is not in the interests of Ghana but only of Ndc' s quest to win the next election on the basis of I told you I will fix dumsor and I have fixed it ...
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