Kwabena Donkor erred in pledging to resign – Jinapor

Former deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor has said his boss Dr. Kwabena Donkor erred in pledging to resign if he fails to fix ‘dumsor’.

In February 2015 Dr. Donkor promised to resign from his post if the debilitating power crisis then lingered on beyond December 2015.

“At least the end of the year is December so you can hold me to that…yes I will resign,” he declared in an interaction with journalists—which he did after failing to solve the powere crisis.

He tendered in his resignation to the presidency on Thursday December 31, 2015 and it followed a series of discussions at the presidency over how he handled the crisis, a year after his appointment as the sector minister.

Breaking his silence on his boss’ pledge and subsequent resignation, Mr. Jinapor told Bola Ray on Starr Chat that: “I wish he hadn’t given that promise. He was under no compulsion and to be frank with you he doesn’t control all the resources and so for him to have given that promise as bold as it was… he shouldn’t have.”

Jinapor added: “I don’t believe in dampening the spirit of people because he said it. If you go saying that he shouldn’t have said it, what he said is wrong, you demoralize him.

“All I needed to do was to support him and he attests that I gave him the best of support.”

Dr. Donkor, added Mr. Jinapor, “left a good legacy” despite his short stint at the ministry.

“He did his part. But it is just unfortunate that because he gave that deadline there was so much fixation and some even thought let him fail and resign and I thought that he shouldn’t have given that deadline.”