Power crisis to be reduced by early July - VRA board chair

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Kosi Ametefe Dogbe 8 years ago

Mr Ocran,
Our issue is that the power crises started in 2011, and the NDC govt managed it through propaganda and the communications office, until all-hell-broke-loose before JDM announced that he was going to stop managing a ...
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Mr Ocran,
Our issue is that the power crises started in 2011, and the NDC govt managed it through propaganda and the communications office, until all-hell-broke-loose before JDM announced that he was going to stop managing and fix it

Simply, Ghanaians are upset because JDM has been asleep at the switch since the recent bout of dumsor started in 2011. When NPP left Kpong was close to completion and nothing was done to finish by the NDC (like other NPP projects) and now you have the audacity to blame the NPP when you have been in power since 2009?

Don't forget I voted NDC in last 3 elections but I am tired of the propaganda instead of fixing this issue

Yvonne, Linda, Sarkodie and others
God bless you, the NDC are scared of you because you are laying open their incompetence. You are not politicians, you just want the damned issue addressed instead of managing it for 4 years.
kweks 8 years ago

The issue is that if NPP did not give us any thermal plant. They didnt manage our risk by opting for Bui which is on same water source as Akosombo. And NPP is making noise. How annoying. NDC is cleaning your mess and all you ...
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The issue is that if NPP did not give us any thermal plant. They didnt manage our risk by opting for Bui which is on same water source as Akosombo. And NPP is making noise. How annoying. NDC is cleaning your mess and all you do is to tell them to hurry up. Oo Ghana!
SARPONG 8 years ago

You are an idiot. Who told you it is because of Bui that Akosombo is dry? Bui Dam was not in existence in 1983, 1997 and 2007 when we have load shedding due to low water level at Akosombo.

Why do some of you take leave of ...
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You are an idiot. Who told you it is because of Bui that Akosombo is dry? Bui Dam was not in existence in 1983, 1997 and 2007 when we have load shedding due to low water level at Akosombo.

Why do some of you take leave of your brains when you are supposed to engage your brains?

When Nkrumah first drew the plan to build Bui which fools like you thought was ingenious, where was he going to build it? Fool, don't tell me he was going to build it on River Pra.
Osofo 8 years ago

What "powers" are you talking about, the supernatural? Powers indeed.

What "powers" are you talking about, the supernatural? Powers indeed.
Citizen One 8 years ago

I do not trust any Ghanaian. Even those who constantly bedevil this irresponsible government and past governments. We have a cultural flaw, which we never like to accept , or better yet pretend that they are acceptable forms ...
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I do not trust any Ghanaian. Even those who constantly bedevil this irresponsible government and past governments. We have a cultural flaw, which we never like to accept , or better yet pretend that they are acceptable forms of civilization.

So what next after we resolve or minimize this erratic power rationing. Those who have invested heavily just so they can profit on the backs of the struggling middle class, what would they be trying to sabotage next to profit? Same problem we've had with pipe borne water. Every household in Ghana has a poly tank, so why would government bother to continue with that project. Currently every freak in accra owns a generator, and the fuel stations and importers are loving it.
BBC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8 years ago

Since 2009 when NDC came to power, what have they done to increase power supply. Stealing has been your focus and now you talk irresponsibly.

Since 2009 when NDC came to power, what have they done to increase power supply. Stealing has been your focus and now you talk irresponsibly.
Aikins 8 years ago

Adwongo Lee Ocran board chair of VRA ? No wonder, ndc where are the men?

Adwongo Lee Ocran board chair of VRA ? No wonder, ndc where are the men?
kwabena 8 years ago

Please, stop this promises. Dont follow the president. We dont like failed promises, crap.

Please, stop this promises. Dont follow the president. We dont like failed promises, crap.
Oba Nyansani Baako Pe ln Ghana! 8 years ago

I am tired of you incompetence. If you know you can do it just fix it all that l want to know is to see the light on that all. Stop telling me stories. Please?

I am tired of you incompetence. If you know you can do it just fix it all that l want to know is to see the light on that all. Stop telling me stories. Please?
DE (GREAT) 8 years ago

This E C G boss has no idea of the Akosombo dam .it has not start raining in North yet . And no matter how it rain in the South have little impact on the dam.

This E C G boss has no idea of the Akosombo dam .it has not start raining in North yet . And no matter how it rain in the South have little impact on the dam.
Seth A 8 years ago

In the bible God did tell us before He said let there be light. He just gave a command and there was light. Board chair say let there be light and Ghanaian should see light. I am confused how can former education minister is ...
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In the bible God did tell us before He said let there be light. He just gave a command and there was light. Board chair say let there be light and Ghanaian should see light. I am confused how can former education minister is now adviser to power engineers whiles there big problems in education sector. Oh Ghana and black man what is wrong with us.
Usman Walewale 8 years ago

See who is talking? Round peg in a square hole!! Abi

See who is talking? Round peg in a square hole!! Abi
Kofi 8 years ago

I have no respect for this Lee ocean because he is always lying

I have no respect for this Lee ocean because he is always lying
Kwabena Ansa 8 years ago

Mr. VRA board Chairman, who ever you are, I don't know for how long you have occupied the Chairman's seat. However, for you to say that it takes years to install thermal plants to produce power, how many years are you talking ...
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Mr. VRA board Chairman, who ever you are, I don't know for how long you have occupied the Chairman's seat. However, for you to say that it takes years to install thermal plants to produce power, how many years are you talking about two years, or three, six or more years? Please Mr. Chairman, in the future, if you are giving certain facts for the public consumption, just be truthful to us.
Ghanaian public has experienced power shortages for at least ten years and are you telling us that thermal plants could not be installed within those years span and that is why we are forced to live with 'dumsor'? If your answer is 'yes', my next question to you is, what kind of electrical engineers and technicians and may be experts do you engage to do the installations?, six to ten years is far too long to subject Ghanaian citizens to such unbearable 'dumsor' experience. Mr. Chairman, you got to find seasoned and experienced people to do the thermal installation work now and not rely on inexperienced people for the work.
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you--self 8 years ago

GHAANIANS ARE TIRED OF HEARING THIS NONESENCE PROMISSING.LIES.

GHAANIANS ARE TIRED OF HEARING THIS NONESENCE PROMISSING.LIES.
Chief amankwa 8 years ago

Ok

Ok
George 8 years ago

Mr. Ocran, let Akufo Addo and his thugs continue to dream hard. They have nothing to offer this country than to make tjhe nergy crisis a campaign message. If they had added a single watts to what they have come to meet,Ghanai ...
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Mr. Ocran, let Akufo Addo and his thugs continue to dream hard. They have nothing to offer this country than to make tjhe nergy crisis a campaign message. If they had added a single watts to what they have come to meet,Ghanaians would take tjhem serious. But they did not. They ordered toys with hundreds of millions of dollars and let them rot at the very place they were parked. They have nothing, absolutely nothing to tell Ghanaians.A bunch of power hungry tribal bigots.
Nana Adwoa New York City 8 years ago

We are Sick and tired of the blame what happened to our generating system since 2009?How many kvs did you add since 2009?Who has been in power since 2009.you messed up all social intervention including NHIS or that one too NP ...
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We are Sick and tired of the blame what happened to our generating system since 2009?How many kvs did you add since 2009?Who has been in power since 2009.you messed up all social intervention including NHIS or that one too NPP did not do anything or Atta Mills did not do anything shame unto you crass of incompetent government sometimes some of you think Ghanaians are buffoons
Give us a break stop disturbing our ears and solve the myriad
Daniel (swing voter) 8 years ago

Enough talk. ....I will believe it when I see it....I am tired of "will statements" from this regime looking foward to the evidence of "have finished" statements.

Enough talk. ....I will believe it when I see it....I am tired of "will statements" from this regime looking foward to the evidence of "have finished" statements.
thePatriot 8 years ago

What is wrong with these guys.CANT THEY JUST SHUT UP??

What is wrong with these guys.CANT THEY JUST SHUT UP??
Serious 8 years ago

This man is not truthful person gh ppls ignore him.he's not saying anything new apart from the usual political talks.Anyway ask thisLee ocran how GNTC buildings in Tadi became his properties.

This man is not truthful person gh ppls ignore him.he's not saying anything new apart from the usual political talks.Anyway ask thisLee ocran how GNTC buildings in Tadi became his properties.
Tarim 8 years ago

I wish I could dismiss this bcos of past experiences. But this biting power outages jx make me hope things wil be different this time round

I wish I could dismiss this bcos of past experiences. But this biting power outages jx make me hope things wil be different this time round
Joe/TX 8 years ago

You told Ghanaians in your opposition period that, Kuffour's oil exploration would not yield even a gallon, you're enjoying it. That is the curse you have brought on Ghana. It's better you resign now or ............

You told Ghanaians in your opposition period that, Kuffour's oil exploration would not yield even a gallon, you're enjoying it. That is the curse you have brought on Ghana. It's better you resign now or ............
real statesman 8 years ago

We are supporting you with prayers

We are supporting you with prayers
akuvi 8 years ago

no wonder. july is close to september right? this is all they know.

no wonder. july is close to september right? this is all they know.
ADU-FARIED 8 years ago

I'm dismayed by the quote attributed to Mr. Ocran. It's not only insensitive but also flippant and shows a lack of grasp of his responsibility to our motherland. Yes the water level of the Volta Lake is low. And it is true th ...
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I'm dismayed by the quote attributed to Mr. Ocran. It's not only insensitive but also flippant and shows a lack of grasp of his responsibility to our motherland. Yes the water level of the Volta Lake is low. And it is true that reduced rainfall has contributed. But is that the full story?
At a time when the world is increasingly dependent on electricity for economic growth, inattention to our power sources cannot be easily dismissed as an act of nature.
1. For starters, we do not routinely dredge the lake to ensure that the declared height (depth) measures the true water pressure.
2. Our neighbors, Togo, Benin, Cote D'ivoire, Burkina Faso and parts of Nigeria that receive electric power from Akosombo are not going through the blackouts plaguing Ghana. The explanation that we are contractually obligated by international agreements begs the question. Under exceptional circumstances (like Ghana is now going through), all agreements are subject to renegotiation. Otherwise it would be better for the country to pay the relevant penalties and abrogate those agreements. A country cannot sacrifice its survival by overlooking its core interests in the service of its friends, neighbors or allies.
3. The Kpong/Bui projects have perennially reached 'the almost completed' since my secondary school days in the 1970s. How can that be an act of nature? I can almost predict that when the rains return whatever efforts being made now will be abandoned till the next crisis!
4.Natural gas is being flared from our oil fields in Ghana and Nigeria. A source of relatively clean energy is being wasted whilst the Brong Ahafo, Northern and parts of northern Ashanti regions are being systematically deforested in the service of the charcoal business. On the altar of expediency we are sacrificing the very future of the next generation. And to what end?
As a country, we need to look holistically at our problems and try to solve them systematically. We can’t stop all natural disasters but we certainly can ameliorate their consequences. The VRA board, Ministries of Energy, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Commerce/Economics, Industry, Agriculture (Forestry), among others, need to work together to address the VRA contracts, alternative energy sources, proper maintenance of the Akosombo Dam, recycling/waste conversion into energy, crude oil processing etc. Looked at together we can solve our energy problems with the added benefit of reducing our urban pollution, deforestation, and loss of hard currency through out-sourced crude oil processing and throw increased employment into the bargain.
Without energy Ghana has nowhere to go but downwards. President Mahama, please put together a task force with a well thought out long-term mandate, even beyond your term of office. Public officials that display arrogance and poor judgment need to know that in a democracy there will be a price to pay for insensitivity.
2016 8 years ago

Can you now conjure rains?? Foolish man

Can you now conjure rains?? Foolish man
boom 8 years ago

foolish guy

foolish guy
The Do 8 years ago

Lee Ocran, don't be a dreamer. So far as NDC Gov't is still doing bad things against the Nation; no heavy rain is going to come and fill Akosombo dam.
When a wrong King is forced on the people these are some of the hardship ...
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Lee Ocran, don't be a dreamer. So far as NDC Gov't is still doing bad things against the Nation; no heavy rain is going to come and fill Akosombo dam.
When a wrong King is forced on the people these are some of the hardship the Nation goes through. God has allowed these sufferings to come on us to teach us a lesson. Next time Ghanaians should vote well. You will be surprised when the rightful King sits on the seat the wonders which will befall on the Country.
Prophet 8 years ago

Insulting GOD rain will visit you inyour furky house & dirty car driving in by early july you have said

Insulting GOD rain will visit you inyour furky house & dirty car driving in by early july you have said
Abu "The Water Diviner" 8 years ago

Employ rain maker Sangoma diviners from South Africa.

Employ rain maker Sangoma diviners from South Africa.
ADANKO 8 years ago

NPP IS NO MORE IN POWER BECAUSE YOU TOLD THE ELECTORATE THAT YOU CAN DO BETTER AND WE VOTED FOR YOU. ACCEPT THAT YOU FAILED US AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOST THE CONFIDENCE IMPOSED ON YOU. YOU WILL THEREFORE GO BACK INTO OPPOSIT ...
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NPP IS NO MORE IN POWER BECAUSE YOU TOLD THE ELECTORATE THAT YOU CAN DO BETTER AND WE VOTED FOR YOU. ACCEPT THAT YOU FAILED US AND KNOW THAT WE HAVE LOST THE CONFIDENCE IMPOSED ON YOU. YOU WILL THEREFORE GO BACK INTO OPPOSITION TO LEARN YOUR LESSON, THANK YOU
Kofi K, 8 years ago

P/NDC 19 year rule how much was added???
Fact is NDC2 started cheap extension of grid without thinking of expansion of power source. Chinese Ocran whether from Hokkein or Canton Lee stop comparing notes

P/NDC 19 year rule how much was added???
Fact is NDC2 started cheap extension of grid without thinking of expansion of power source. Chinese Ocran whether from Hokkein or Canton Lee stop comparing notes
Sacco 8 years ago

nonsense

nonsense

Power crisis to be reduced by early July - VRA board chair

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