Blackouts will be a thing of the past – Chief of Staff

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somoah 11 years ago

Tranperancy is all that we need from government. What t

Tranperancy is all that we need from government. What t
JESSIE TADI 11 years ago

Give us light.

Give us light.
TWEAA 11 years ago

MR 'THIEF' OF STAFF, EVERYBODY WILL SEE IT, IF THERE IS NO BLACKOUT, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL US. YOUR PRESIDENT, MINISTERS, AND APPOINTTEES HAVE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING BUT WE ARE STILL IN IT.

MR 'THIEF' OF STAFF, EVERYBODY WILL SEE IT, IF THERE IS NO BLACKOUT, SO YOU DON'T NEED TO TELL US. YOUR PRESIDENT, MINISTERS, AND APPOINTTEES HAVE BEEN SAYING THE SAME THING BUT WE ARE STILL IN IT.
DAVI 11 years ago

The Promised is been four years late.

The Promised is been four years late.
Komla Agbeshie ( Ho ) 11 years ago

That is not news at all.Your incompetent master Mahama the destroyer has told us several times but we still suffer the blackout.No need of your useless statement the so call thief of staff.

That is not news at all.Your incompetent master Mahama the destroyer has told us several times but we still suffer the blackout.No need of your useless statement the so call thief of staff.
BBC NEWS! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 11 years ago

Thank you President Mahama, we the good people of Ghana understand you are thinking for a long term future benefits for Ghana and its people. Unlike others like Akan's Npp who just looking for their " Pots Belly " to full no ...
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Thank you President Mahama, we the good people of Ghana understand you are thinking for a long term future benefits for Ghana and its people. Unlike others like Akan's Npp who just looking for their " Pots Belly " to full now and forget about the future generations.
somoah 11 years ago

Tranperancy is all we need in a sensitive issue of governance. Chief of Staff, this statment from you has no scientific basis. Tell it to the marines.

Tranperancy is all we need in a sensitive issue of governance. Chief of Staff, this statment from you has no scientific basis. Tell it to the marines.
ROYAL SIKAMAN 11 years ago

Stop that your stupid propaganda and work. We are tired of these promising nonsense. Action speaks lauder than word. Foolish and illiterates politicians destroying our beautiful blessed country.

Stop that your stupid propaganda and work. We are tired of these promising nonsense. Action speaks lauder than word. Foolish and illiterates politicians destroying our beautiful blessed country.
Nana 11 years ago

Lack of knowledge. All the thermal energy in Ghana accounts for 40% of our energy needs. Even if we have all the gas in the world, that will not solve the problem unless the hydro plants are also working at full capacity whic ...
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Lack of knowledge. All the thermal energy in Ghana accounts for 40% of our energy needs. Even if we have all the gas in the world, that will not solve the problem unless the hydro plants are also working at full capacity which is not the case. Anyway, is it the business of Chief of Staff to comment on energy matters?
Birahma 11 years ago

When will you people get over your lost of the 2012 elections? If the problems of thermal which u claim is only 40% are not solved how can you solve that of Hydro which depends on nature?

When will you people get over your lost of the 2012 elections? If the problems of thermal which u claim is only 40% are not solved how can you solve that of Hydro which depends on nature?
Nana 11 years ago

The point I want to make is that, he is putting himself into more trouble. Because the gas will start flowing and then we will still be having blackouts because the hydro is not running at full capacity due to low water level ...
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The point I want to make is that, he is putting himself into more trouble. Because the gas will start flowing and then we will still be having blackouts because the hydro is not running at full capacity due to low water levels. What the Chief of staff should have said is that, the situation will improve. It is not going to be a thing of the past until all power generating plants are properly maintained and running at full capacity
Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK 11 years ago

Nana, you are absolutely right. The natural gas from the Jubilee oil field is not sufficient to address Ghana's energy (power and LPG) requirements. Ghana will still need natural gas from Nigeria until more gas come on stream ...
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Nana, you are absolutely right. The natural gas from the Jubilee oil field is not sufficient to address Ghana's energy (power and LPG) requirements. Ghana will still need natural gas from Nigeria until more gas come on stream from production of newly discovered oil fields. The Chief of Staff is therefore giving false hope that dumsor will be a thing of the past. That is exactly what President Mahama said sometime ago and dumsor worsened instead.

The deputy minister for energy was also reported to have said that dumsor will end within a month. I do not know what is wrong these politicians or whether they take Ghanaians for fools. What is certain is that the more they give these false assurances that never materialise the people lose confident in them. The NDC government as a whole has either a communication problem or unable to tell the truth.
Nana 11 years ago

Thanks for the objectivity. That's what we need in Ghana. We must learn to say the truth no matter how bitter it is

Thanks for the objectivity. That's what we need in Ghana. We must learn to say the truth no matter how bitter it is
gyan 11 years ago

Ghana is about 1/4 of Nigeria so if the gas-plants will only serve the country and not sell it to other countries like Togo then what the chief is saying is right. The hydro had been sold to other countries so kindly maintain ...
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Ghana is about 1/4 of Nigeria so if the gas-plants will only serve the country and not sell it to other countries like Togo then what the chief is saying is right. The hydro had been sold to other countries so kindly maintain the gas for Ghanaians only.
GONJA RASMAN 11 years ago

THS PROSPER BANI SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF 'YOU START SHOUTING THIEF ;THIEF THIEF AND PEOPLE TURN UP AND DO NOT FIND A THIEF FOR THREE TIMES; ON THE FOURTH OCCAISION WHEN A PROPER THIEF COMES ROUND AND YOU SHOUT THIEF ; THIE ...
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THS PROSPER BANI SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT IF 'YOU START SHOUTING THIEF ;THIEF THIEF AND PEOPLE TURN UP AND DO NOT FIND A THIEF FOR THREE TIMES; ON THE FOURTH OCCAISION WHEN A PROPER THIEF COMES ROUND AND YOU SHOUT THIEF ; THIEF THIEF NOBODY WILL LISTEN AGAIN .
SOS 11 years ago

THING OF THE PAST IS NOT NEW!!Mr. NDC

THING OF THE PAST IS NOT NEW!!Mr. NDC
Simingue 11 years ago

The doomsayer will soon be put to shame.

The doomsayer will soon be put to shame.
TK 11 years ago

SABOTAGE IS THEIR WEAPON.

SABOTAGE IS THEIR WEAPON.
WHAANA 11 years ago

Prosper Bani when did you start speaking about national issues. As a chief of staff of the president, you shut your mouth for people to insult the president and say all useless things without you saying any thing, why are you ...
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Prosper Bani when did you start speaking about national issues. As a chief of staff of the president, you shut your mouth for people to insult the president and say all useless things without you saying any thing, why are you now talking about Atuabo Gas. this is so plain and we know so we don't need you to tell us anything. good afternoon.
impromptus 11 years ago

No blackout in your residence

No blackout in your residence
Ayittey 11 years ago

What is guy talking about? We want to eat, we want water, electricity and a reliable national health insurance and good roads! Isn't this simple enough for you to understand? Prosper Bani, you are not paid fat salaries, given ...
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What is guy talking about? We want to eat, we want water, electricity and a reliable national health insurance and good roads! Isn't this simple enough for you to understand? Prosper Bani, you are not paid fat salaries, given free house, free food, free house boys, free house girls, free water, free electricity, free driver, free clothes, fat per diems, free cars so that you come and sit on radio and talk. Away with your third economic coating! Stop talking and deliver the goods!
Papa yaw 11 years ago

Mo

Mo
Kwame 11 years ago

Mr day dreamer let sleeping dogs lie. Don't add insult into injury. From the president up to the last Ndc member are taken Ghanaians as fools. This is enough. Is easy to talk then to work. Action now or just leave the seen.

Mr day dreamer let sleeping dogs lie. Don't add insult into injury. From the president up to the last Ndc member are taken Ghanaians as fools. This is enough. Is easy to talk then to work. Action now or just leave the seen.
seth 11 years ago

SIR, THAT IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU ARE EXTENDING YOUR WINGS TOO FAR.

SIR, THAT IS NOT YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT YOU ARE EXTENDING YOUR WINGS TOO FAR.
Kpogandzi Amegbe 11 years ago

Please better shut your mouth and learn from immediate past history or better still, consult Haruna Iddrisu.

Please better shut your mouth and learn from immediate past history or better still, consult Haruna Iddrisu.
NANA ARABA 11 years ago

GHANAIANS ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS WHAT WAS/IS YOUR USE. GHIE AND GIA YOU COULD NOT AS AN ORGANIZATION GO AND MEET WITH PAST & FUTURE PRESIDENTS? GHANA TAX PAYER'S MONEY PAID YOUR UNIVERSITY FEES AND MOST OF U DIDNT PAY LOANS B ...
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GHANAIANS ENGINEERS & ARCHITECTS WHAT WAS/IS YOUR USE. GHIE AND GIA YOU COULD NOT AS AN ORGANIZATION GO AND MEET WITH PAST & FUTURE PRESIDENTS? GHANA TAX PAYER'S MONEY PAID YOUR UNIVERSITY FEES AND MOST OF U DIDNT PAY LOANS BACK!? MANY GRADUATES WITH NO JOBS! ALL THESE DEGREES NO COMMON SENSE FOR DECADES!. GHANA AND AFRICA'S GREEDY AND CORRUPT LEADERS HAVE NOT SOLVED AFRICA'S BASIC PROBLEMS FOR DECADES! GHANA AND AFRICA HAS NATURAL RESOURCES GOLD, DIAMOND , TIMBER, PRODUCE FOR EXPORT, ABUNDANCE O WATER, NOW WE HAVE SOLAR ENERGY! PLENTY OF SUNSHINE IN GHANA AND AFRICA USE SOLAR ENERGY! CONTACT GHIE, GIA, AND GEAAA TO HELP, THEY ARE GHANAIANS DOING GREAT DYNAMIC PROJECTS, STOP USING FOREIGN COMPANIES TOO FREQUENTLY, THE DO NOT INVEST THEIR MONEY IN GHANA! POWER CUTS IS BAD FOR BUSINESS! WE NEED COMPLEX DRAINAGE AND SANITATION SYSTEMS LIKE THE UK $ USA HAS! WE NEED LOMG TERM SOLUTIONS! GHANAIAN PRESIDENTS , MINISTERS, CITIZENS, MAINTENANCE O F EVERYTHING WE DO IS SOOO IMPORTANT! JUST PRAYING AND GOING TO CHURCH ONLY WILL NEVER WORK! HARD WORK,EFFICIENCY,CONSTITENCY AND MAINTAINANCE IS KEY! THE WHOLE OF GHANA NEEDS PAINTING. GHANAIANS LETS ALWAYS THINK " MAINTENANCE" OTHERWISE OUR SYSTEMS BREAK DOWN, AS IT HAS FOR DECADES! LEADERS IF GHANA AND AFRICA STOP CHOPPING OUR MONEY! USE OUR NATURAL RESOURCES MONEY FOR FREE EDUCATION FOR ALL CHILDREN UP TO 18 YRS OLD. KEEPING THE MASSES POOR RETARDS OUR PROGRESS! An educated population, means more confidence to be dynamic and set up businesses etc...it will boom the economy! Where are GHANA'S ECONOMIST?
Ugly Akufo Addo 11 years ago

Is the fact

Is the fact
OBOURBA 11 years ago

This is the first time a have read a post from you that is devoid of filthy words and insults. I hope you will continue like that.

This is the first time a have read a post from you that is devoid of filthy words and insults. I hope you will continue like that.
ANKOBEA-HENE 11 years ago

Everybody has a share. Let's be confident.

Everybody has a share. Let's be confident.
kofi 11 years ago

another loose talk

another loose talk
Kwame Kumi 11 years ago

From the ' of things it is more likely for Mr. Bani and his Boss to be 'Things of the Past' before the blackouts will ever be. The point is when even what the President says cannot be taken seriously what do we do with what ...
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From the ' of things it is more likely for Mr. Bani and his Boss to be 'Things of the Past' before the blackouts will ever be. The point is when even what the President says cannot be taken seriously what do we do with what his Chief of Staff says?

What the President says after his visit to Bui not so long ago was that very soon Ghana was going to have surplus power to sell to our neighbours and the 'dumsor-dumsor' was going to be a thing of the past. The situation only got worse thereafter.
INNOCENT 11 years ago

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE USELESS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT ALL? WHO IS FORCING THEM TO BE MAKING THESE HOPELESS PROMISES? YOU TOLD US WITH BUI COMING ON STREAM,BLACKOUTS WOULD BE THINGS OF THE PAST. WHAT HAPPENED? YOU SAID SING ...
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WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE USELESS GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AT ALL? WHO IS FORCING THEM TO BE MAKING THESE HOPELESS PROMISES? YOU TOLD US WITH BUI COMING ON STREAM,BLACKOUTS WOULD BE THINGS OF THE PAST. WHAT HAPPENED? YOU SAID SINGLE SPINE WAS COMING TO SOLVE ALL OUR SALARY PROBLEMS. WHAT HAPPENED? COMPOUNDING OF THE PROBLEM.WHY ARE THEY ALWAYS TALKING? VIP AND VVIP TRANSPORT DO NOT DO ADVERTS ON THE RADIO OR TV, BUT IF YOU WANT TO FEEL THEIR PRESENCE IN GHANA'S LONG DISTANCE TRAVELS, JUST GO ON THE ROADS. THAT'S WHY OUR ELDERS SAID "GOOD BEADS DO NOT MAKE NOISE".
Benny 11 years ago

Iam confused here. What does the chief of staff got to do with electricity. What is the function of chief of staff. Is it on military or what. Why don't he travel and help Jonathan or the president take him to the north to he ...
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Iam confused here. What does the chief of staff got to do with electricity. What is the function of chief of staff. Is it on military or what. Why don't he travel and help Jonathan or the president take him to the north to help quell the trouble there rather than saying what is not his area of juridiction. The energy minister ought to enlighten the public on this issue and not the chief of staff.
Kwame 11 years ago

We keep hearing this but no progress. Please stop talking and take action. have you heard of solar Power, why don't you enact a policy and incentivize Ghanaians to invest in solar to supplement electricity production.

We keep hearing this but no progress. Please stop talking and take action. have you heard of solar Power, why don't you enact a policy and incentivize Ghanaians to invest in solar to supplement electricity production.
Lorgo Ligri 11 years ago

Even Mahama himself said it and we're still in the dark. Please spare us the nonsense and let the devil torment us in your made up darkness. It's better to let us sleep when we're hungry than, to wake us up with the promise o ...
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Even Mahama himself said it and we're still in the dark. Please spare us the nonsense and let the devil torment us in your made up darkness. It's better to let us sleep when we're hungry than, to wake us up with the promise of food that never is there when we wake.
STAND THERE 11 years ago

It has been a thing of the past since 2009, when the Mahama NDC gov't assumed the reigns of governance. Incidentally, instead of the dumsor, dumsor being a thing of the past, it is getting worse, whilst the Mahama NDc gov't i ...
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It has been a thing of the past since 2009, when the Mahama NDC gov't assumed the reigns of governance. Incidentally, instead of the dumsor, dumsor being a thing of the past, it is getting worse, whilst the Mahama NDc gov't is promising away that dumsor, dumsor will be a thing of the past.
The Mahama NDC gov't has failed, and need to go. Dumsor, dumsor is not and has not been a thing of the past, the NDC gov't has to go!!!
little 11 years ago

Please stop the promises and work. we want results and plenty talks. Ghanaians are suffering and we need a solution not comforting words by you people. The president is promising, the ministers are doing the same and instead ...
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Please stop the promises and work. we want results and plenty talks. Ghanaians are suffering and we need a solution not comforting words by you people. The president is promising, the ministers are doing the same and instead of you to advise him you are also acting same. We are tired of you word and need action. Remember even most remote villages are not even facing this blackouts.
Annorwuo 11 years ago

Before they emerge from the hatchery!

Before they emerge from the hatchery!
idiots 11 years ago

this is trash tslk shut your mouth and stop 5that nonsense

this is trash tslk shut your mouth and stop 5that nonsense
Abass Mohammed 11 years ago

Day in day out they have been promising us that that black out would be a thing a thing of the past but we dont see anything.Stop circulating words and rather do what you promise us of.

Day in day out they have been promising us that that black out would be a thing a thing of the past but we dont see anything.Stop circulating words and rather do what you promise us of.
Kofi - USA 11 years ago

WE HAVE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE PREZ, VICE PREZ, ENERGY MINISTER, ECG, VRA ALL HAVE PROMISED THAT DUMSOR, DUMSOR WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. WHAT DOES THE CHIEF OF STA ...
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WE HAVE HEARD THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN AND NOTHING HAPPENS. THE PREZ, VICE PREZ, ENERGY MINISTER, ECG, VRA ALL HAVE PROMISED THAT DUMSOR, DUMSOR WILL BE A THING OF THE PAST AND NOTHING HAS HAPPENED. WHAT DOES THE CHIEF OF STAFF KNOW THAT THE PREZ DOES NOT KNOW. MORE TALK AND NOTHKNG WILL HAPPEN. THIS GOVT NEEDS TO BE VOTED OUT BY THE PEOPLE. GHANAIANS WILL HAVE THEMSELVES TO BLAME IF THEY RE-ELECT NDC. THIS GOVT HAS NO CLUE WHAT IT IS DOING AND WHAT IS GOING ON. THEY NEED TO BE VOTED OUT TO SAVE THE COUNTRY FROM HARDSHIPS.
KOFI LONDON 11 years ago

THING OF A PAST ,THING OF A PAST

N D C NEW SLOGAN

THING OF A PAST ,THING OF A PAST

N D C NEW SLOGAN
apuuu 11 years ago

What are you talking about Prosper Bani what leadership not you to promise promise we head this words all the time things are going to change when today tomorrow mouths or years what is it's what is it's apuuu

What are you talking about Prosper Bani what leadership not you to promise promise we head this words all the time things are going to change when today tomorrow mouths or years what is it's what is it's apuuu
OKOROMANSA 11 years ago

PROSPER BANI IS ALSO JOINING THE NDC TALKING CLUB, HEADED BY HIS BOSS, MAHAMA. THESE NDC PROPAGANDISTS WILL NEVER LEARN.

PROSPER BANI IS ALSO JOINING THE NDC TALKING CLUB, HEADED BY HIS BOSS, MAHAMA. THESE NDC PROPAGANDISTS WILL NEVER LEARN.
the lone crudader 11 years ago

Damgo would you leave lying dogs lye in peace in the acustumed darkness?

Damgo would you leave lying dogs lye in peace in the acustumed darkness?
KANTINKA 11 years ago

CONSUMERS MUSTPAY THEIR ENERGY BILL ON TIME

CONSUMERS MUSTPAY THEIR ENERGY BILL ON TIME
bansi 11 years ago

these politicians have no respect for the citizenry and we in turn, do not punish them for their incompetence. that's y this clueless chief of staff can add salt to our injuries with this nonsensical promise he knows they can ...
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these politicians have no respect for the citizenry and we in turn, do not punish them for their incompetence. that's y this clueless chief of staff can add salt to our injuries with this nonsensical promise he knows they cannot keepy
Ben 11 years ago

Just get the job done and stop the copious volume of unfulfilled promises.

Just get the job done and stop the copious volume of unfulfilled promises.

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