All communities to be connected to national grid by 2020

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ELINAM 10 years ago

Always we put the horse b4 the cart?

Always we put the horse b4 the cart?
USMAN 10 years ago

It is only a fool that will think of using thermal energy to find a long term solution to Dumsor.

It is only a fool that will think of using thermal energy to find a long term solution to Dumsor.
robert 10 years ago

charley Usman, direct your gang to boko haram these African leaders out of the surface of this earth. They are not correct at all. Only spare the common people

charley Usman, direct your gang to boko haram these African leaders out of the surface of this earth. They are not correct at all. Only spare the common people
Owusu 10 years ago

As for power we shall have more than sufficient before the end of the year

As for power we shall have more than sufficient before the end of the year
' and Jesus wept. ' 10 years ago

That is without a doubt.

That is without a doubt.
USMAN 10 years ago

What a joke.

What a joke.
Ben 10 years ago

You guys give promises like you are drinking water. I wonder if you have a national plan in place. There is not national plan passed by Parliament and you are just making another fruitless promises for political expediency.

You guys give promises like you are drinking water. I wonder if you have a national plan in place. There is not national plan passed by Parliament and you are just making another fruitless promises for political expediency.
Adjovi 10 years ago

Before you connect you have to generate. Generation zero (NDC doctrine) but distribution halleluya (NDC doctrine)

Before you connect you have to generate. Generation zero (NDC doctrine) but distribution halleluya (NDC doctrine)
CORNEY 10 years ago

Are you sure Mr Minister that you will connect all communities including the so called overseas territories in Ghana to the national grid in five years,is this not going to be another vain promise or you were misquoted by the ...
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Are you sure Mr Minister that you will connect all communities including the so called overseas territories in Ghana to the national grid in five years,is this not going to be another vain promise or you were misquoted by the media?

I hope you do it as promised.
komla GK 10 years ago

this is unattainable... we have comminities in gh that does not have even motor routes to them, talk abt cars before coming to tructks to move the poles n wires there for electrification in Ghana... people are sharing water w ...
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this is unattainable... we have comminities in gh that does not have even motor routes to them, talk abt cars before coming to tructks to move the poles n wires there for electrification in Ghana... people are sharing water with animals...come on gvt.. lets get serious... go to Adorkofe in the Kpedze district of Volta Region... they need help.. chldren dying from water borne diseases... help them... please check this foundation and support this cuse...facebook...Health Support Foundations n HSF Ghana on face book...thanks
atia Solomon 10 years ago

Nonsense. Empty promises.

Nonsense. Empty promises.
Kofi 10 years ago

Exactly! Ghana will not even have 10,000 mega watts of power by 2020.Malaysia by comparison to our population has more than 22,000 mega watts of power through,hydro,thermal,bio-mass,coal etc.That is more than the combined ene ...
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Exactly! Ghana will not even have 10,000 mega watts of power by 2020.Malaysia by comparison to our population has more than 22,000 mega watts of power through,hydro,thermal,bio-mass,coal etc.That is more than the combined energy plants in Nigeria,a nation of more than 170 million soul.
YAO GBADEBE 10 years ago

ARE THESE NON ENTITIES REAL? INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON SOLVING THE CURRENT DUMSOR PROBLEM THIS IDIOT CHOPCHOP MINISTER IS TALKING NONSENSE. WHAT'S THE REAL POINT OF TALKING ABOUT 2020 WHEN YOU CANNOT EVEN GUARANTEE NEXT WEE ...
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ARE THESE NON ENTITIES REAL? INSTEAD OF CONCENTRATING ON SOLVING THE CURRENT DUMSOR PROBLEM THIS IDIOT CHOPCHOP MINISTER IS TALKING NONSENSE. WHAT'S THE REAL POINT OF TALKING ABOUT 2020 WHEN YOU CANNOT EVEN GUARANTEE NEXT WEEK? DOES THIS MAN THINK HE IS PLAYING IN THE KINGERGARTEN? KWASEABA ONIM NYANSA. ALL U KNOW IS TO CREATE AVENUES FOR CHOPCHOP. LET'S CONTINUE ASKING THIS MAN WHY HE WAS SACKED FROM BOST AND WHY PREZ. MILLS SACKED HIM AS A DEPUTY MINISTER OF ENERGY.
WHY HAS PREZ. MAHAMA BROUGHT THIS CORRUPT IDIOT BACK?
Papa Yaw 10 years ago

No

No
Constructivist 10 years ago

How are these communities going to be powered? From biogas, battery or light from the moon. Ghana is an interesting country!

How are these communities going to be powered? From biogas, battery or light from the moon. Ghana is an interesting country!
Jojo Hammond, New Jersey 10 years ago

Does it mean that if you have a problem now, you stop planning for the future? Are we saying that should the NPP come to power and the current energy problems persist, they would not attempt to resolve it? Are we not being ...
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Does it mean that if you have a problem now, you stop planning for the future? Are we saying that should the NPP come to power and the current energy problems persist, they would not attempt to resolve it? Are we not being told that the only way to resolve the current DUMSOR problem is to vote out the NDC? Should we wait for the NPP to come to power before we think about the areas that needed to be covered by electricity?

I heard an NPP MP earlier this week on Peace FM saying that the energy/power problems would be resolved INSPITE of the NDC government. And that come 2017/2018, due to private power projects being undertaken, the energy crisis would be over. If this is true, (since it is not one of the so-called empty promises by the NDC), then putting plans in place to connect more communities to power, I think, is not misplaced planning. Let us not wait till one party comes to power before we start thinking ahead. NDC will not rule forever, so any planning, any good planning being done now should be encouraged.

Not thinking ahead has always been our problem !!!
robert 10 years ago

eeeeiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeiii. Ghana people and their biiiiiiiiig talks. tweeeeeeaaaaaa. ridiculous

eeeeiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeiii. Ghana people and their biiiiiiiiig talks. tweeeeeeaaaaaa. ridiculous
robert 10 years ago

africans should wake up and remove these African leaders. they are such a pest ravaging the continent for decades

africans should wake up and remove these African leaders. they are such a pest ravaging the continent for decades
Yaovi 10 years ago

Stupid Fool. Fix the current DOMSOR before you make any empty promises. Kwasia

Stupid Fool. Fix the current DOMSOR before you make any empty promises. Kwasia
kwaku manu 10 years ago

Stupid minister where is the power that u r connecting

Stupid minister where is the power that u r connecting
Gonzaga 10 years ago

Is this a joke or what? All communities? Really. Cheap talk on TV and Radio and bunch of bull all the way. PNDC NDC NPP. Too much book long but can't apply knowledge in real life. That is Africa for you.

Is this a joke or what? All communities? Really. Cheap talk on TV and Radio and bunch of bull all the way. PNDC NDC NPP. Too much book long but can't apply knowledge in real life. That is Africa for you.
' and Jesus wept. ' 10 years ago

Which of the previous governments after Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had the guts and vision to tackle this power problem than this brave and awesome President John Mahama has set out to do?

Which of the previous governments after Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah had the guts and vision to tackle this power problem than this brave and awesome President John Mahama has set out to do?
RASTA BANGI 10 years ago

THESE MINISTERS ARE NOT SERIOUS NO WONDER GHANA IS IN A MESS............THEY STILL CANT THINK LOGICALLY. ENCOURAGE SMALL POWER USERS TO GO SOLAR AND REMOVE ALL TAXES ON SOLAR

THESE MINISTERS ARE NOT SERIOUS NO WONDER GHANA IS IN A MESS............THEY STILL CANT THINK LOGICALLY. ENCOURAGE SMALL POWER USERS TO GO SOLAR AND REMOVE ALL TAXES ON SOLAR
New Sherrif in Town 10 years ago

S3 kwatrekwa se obefra wo ntama, bisa ne din

S3 kwatrekwa se obefra wo ntama, bisa ne din
JAMES Y 10 years ago

Talking about connecting all communities to the national grid; whichever government does so, should not forget to have in place full and efficient equipment to generate enough electricity. Lessons should be learnt from the pa ...
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Talking about connecting all communities to the national grid; whichever government does so, should not forget to have in place full and efficient equipment to generate enough electricity. Lessons should be learnt from the past. Provision was not made for expansion of electricity consumption when the national grid was extended to vast of communities in the past, hence the present problem of 'dumsor'.
Stephen Deku 10 years ago

People like this minister needs to be fired. Solve the power crisis first before u think of increasing the supply stream. How can u Mabe budget to extend power to areas where there is no existence . Waste of time. Ghanaians s ...
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People like this minister needs to be fired. Solve the power crisis first before u think of increasing the supply stream. How can u Mabe budget to extend power to areas where there is no existence . Waste of time. Ghanaians should voice out
jato bibio 10 years ago

The minister is saying that by 2020 if you were having lights out for 2 days in a week, you will by then having 5 days of lights out cos more people will be sharing energy. Ghanaians just kick this govt out

The minister is saying that by 2020 if you were having lights out for 2 days in a week, you will by then having 5 days of lights out cos more people will be sharing energy. Ghanaians just kick this govt out

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