Come off it; Mr Donkor! What has the minister got under his sleeves?
Come off it; Mr Donkor! What has the minister got under his sleeves?
United Ghana 10 years ago
It's his off-the-record remarks I'd like to know. This useless govt lie in public & hide the truth. Ghanaians are suffering because of Mahama's govt's energy & economic mismanagement & have a right to know.
It's his off-the-record remarks I'd like to know. This useless govt lie in public & hide the truth. Ghanaians are suffering because of Mahama's govt's energy & economic mismanagement & have a right to know.
nana, ga usa 10 years ago
Hei, Mr. Minister, may you stop the comparison to countries in the West Coast and South Africa and find a way of solving the dumsor problem. The NDC government has been saying the same nonsense for the past four years.
Hei, Mr. Minister, may you stop the comparison to countries in the West Coast and South Africa and find a way of solving the dumsor problem. The NDC government has been saying the same nonsense for the past four years.
Senior 10 years ago
The best course of action for Dr Dumsor would be to retire quietly to his village and play with his grandchildren. Please?
The best course of action for Dr Dumsor would be to retire quietly to his village and play with his grandchildren. Please?
nana, ga usa 10 years ago
This man calls himself a government minister. Talking like an illiterate to Ghanaians who go through the dumsor everday. Mr. Minister, do you know how many businesses have folded up since your foolish policies on energy?
This man calls himself a government minister. Talking like an illiterate to Ghanaians who go through the dumsor everday. Mr. Minister, do you know how many businesses have folded up since your foolish policies on energy?
E. Amponsah(amponsaheli23@yahoo.com) 10 years ago
If 70% of the cost is dollar denominated, why not talk to Mahama to save the cedi and save the energy sector? Or there must be automatic adjustment in salary whenever dollar value changes. The buttom line is your govt is not ... read full comment
If 70% of the cost is dollar denominated, why not talk to Mahama to save the cedi and save the energy sector? Or there must be automatic adjustment in salary whenever dollar value changes. The buttom line is your govt is not on top of the challenges confronting the nation. Your talk is very subtancial anyway. Again must strategize to save the cedi and save the economy in general. You are always quick in comparing utility bills in the sub-region; you should have done it visa-vi salaries and income because it's the income we use in paying the light bill.
My brother's keeper 10 years ago
“It is unacceptable and indeed a shame that many of the countries with the highest utilisation of solar power are located in temperate climates that have a relatively much lower level of insolation than India and Africa,” ... read full comment
“It is unacceptable and indeed a shame that many of the countries with the highest utilisation of solar power are located in temperate climates that have a relatively much lower level of insolation than India and Africa,” the Ghanaian president lamented on October 29 in India.
And the Power Minister says Solar is not economically viable. Who speaks for Ghana and should be ashamed?
United Ghana 10 years ago
Well said
Well said
NEWLIGHT 10 years ago
Why will the media want to hide the disclosures from the minister when he had actually explained himself about past ugly comments from him? Ghanaian press should remember that they work for Ghanaians not for themselves. Disho ... read full comment
Why will the media want to hide the disclosures from the minister when he had actually explained himself about past ugly comments from him? Ghanaian press should remember that they work for Ghanaians not for themselves. Dishonest journalist!
NEWLIGHT 10 years ago
"...Some of the issues he touched on were meant to be off record as agreed upon per the suggestion of the Moderator of the forum, Mr Kabral Blay Amihere, Chairman of the National Media Commission.... "
"...Some of the issues he touched on were meant to be off record as agreed upon per the suggestion of the Moderator of the forum, Mr Kabral Blay Amihere, Chairman of the National Media Commission.... "
FACT 10 years ago
First of all the assertion by the Power Min that coal is the cleanest in terms of power generation is not supported by any documented facts anywhere, none on any part of the Earth. Actually not only is it the most unclean, it ... read full comment
First of all the assertion by the Power Min that coal is the cleanest in terms of power generation is not supported by any documented facts anywhere, none on any part of the Earth. Actually not only is it the most unclean, it is the most unhealthy in terms of its effect on the environment and also on the health of the citizenry. That cannot be a viable alternative over the long term for the generation of power because it's cost makes it prohibitively expensive.
The fact that solar has not been pursued as an alternative energy source over the years does not also in anyway negate the fact that it is one of the cleanest energy sources and also extremely cost effective over the long term. This is aside of other clean sources like wind, gas and nuclear energy.
The attempt to somehow sound the death knell of hydropower as an unreliable power source is also not supported by the facts because as we speak, it remains the biggest contributor to our overall energy capacity mix and would remain so for the foreseeable future, together with the new thermal sources ie crude and gas.
The basic problem though with the current issue of dumsor is however not one of installed capacity, but most importantly, a case of the unavailability of funds which can be interrogated and has been interrogated as to why Ghana has this precarious problem of the unavailability of funds. In the Power Ministers presentation, he said, after 2013, revenues streams dried up. Maybe he would want to throw more light on what he means by revenue streams dried up, because from 2013, cumulatively, Ghanaians have had their utility bills both water and electricity increased by over going by conservative estimates more than 60%, meaning Ghanaians are paying more for utility services which they don't even enjoy. So when the Minister of Power claims, somebody should pay for the power so generated from the thermal sources that has been added to the generation mix, one just does not understand what he means by that statement because it is reflected in the ever increasing utility bill increases by the regulator, ie PURC for utilities which Ghanaians cannot even access although the gov't touts it's credentials as having increased access to about 80% from about 73-74% it came to meet.
So to answer the Minister, Ghanaians are paying for the power generated and maybe if he is so minded, he would begin to question what happens to the monies so paid by Ghanaians for services they don't and can't enjoy, so as to make sense of his statement.
But clearly, what one gathers from the Min of Power is, there is a very palpable and grave sense of a huge lack of vision and competence in the ability of the current Mahama NDC gov't to articulate an intelligent, laser focused solution to the problem of dumsor which has collapsed the country. The Mahama NDC gov't is completely and absolutely bereft of the needed competence, vision, managerial acumen and incorruptibility to address this crass state of dumsor which has gotten to its worst, under the leadership of John Mahama.
It cannot be the case that already impoverished Ghanaians should be subsidizing the incompetence, the mismanagement, the corruption and the looting of a gov't completely clueless about effective governance that engenders economic growth and development and the time to speak to these matters at the ballot box is nigh. The failed and clueless Mahama NDC gov't must surely go in 2016, because a power barge of 225MW can never be an intelligent solution to a power crisis brought in during an election year.
Peace 10 years ago
ECG should be privatised and we will see how effective things will be
ECG should be privatised and we will see how effective things will be
Laini 10 years ago
Solar panels store energy from the sun so it can be used during the night. Coal and gas are too detrimental to the environment. I think Mr. Donkor should read more about solar energy systems and how these systems work.
Solar panels store energy from the sun so it can be used during the night. Coal and gas are too detrimental to the environment. I think Mr. Donkor should read more about solar energy systems and how these systems work.
casyann 10 years ago
May be ghana needs to up date power generaters in your country to cope with power there or offer solar to homes there and generate power for houses there use in house if dont use power then sell to power company. For ... read full comment
May be ghana needs to up date power generaters in your country to cope with power there or offer solar to homes there and generate power for houses there use in house if dont use power then sell to power company. For country since power is not up to do dealwith size country there
You borrow in dollars you pay in dollars, idiot.
Come off it; Mr Donkor! What has the minister got under his sleeves?
It's his off-the-record remarks I'd like to know. This useless govt lie in public & hide the truth. Ghanaians are suffering because of Mahama's govt's energy & economic mismanagement & have a right to know.
Hei, Mr. Minister, may you stop the comparison to countries in the West Coast and South Africa and find a way of solving the dumsor problem. The NDC government has been saying the same nonsense for the past four years.
The best course of action for Dr Dumsor would be to retire quietly to his village and play with his grandchildren. Please?
This man calls himself a government minister. Talking like an illiterate to Ghanaians who go through the dumsor everday. Mr. Minister, do you know how many businesses have folded up since your foolish policies on energy?
If 70% of the cost is dollar denominated, why not talk to Mahama to save the cedi and save the energy sector? Or there must be automatic adjustment in salary whenever dollar value changes. The buttom line is your govt is not ...
read full comment
“It is unacceptable and indeed a shame that many of the countries with the highest utilisation of solar power are located in temperate climates that have a relatively much lower level of insolation than India and Africa,” ...
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Well said
Why will the media want to hide the disclosures from the minister when he had actually explained himself about past ugly comments from him? Ghanaian press should remember that they work for Ghanaians not for themselves. Disho ...
read full comment
"...Some of the issues he touched on were meant to be off record as agreed upon per the suggestion of the Moderator of the forum, Mr Kabral Blay Amihere, Chairman of the National Media Commission.... "
First of all the assertion by the Power Min that coal is the cleanest in terms of power generation is not supported by any documented facts anywhere, none on any part of the Earth. Actually not only is it the most unclean, it ...
read full comment
ECG should be privatised and we will see how effective things will be
Solar panels store energy from the sun so it can be used during the night. Coal and gas are too detrimental to the environment. I think Mr. Donkor should read more about solar energy systems and how these systems work.
May be ghana needs to up date power generaters in your country to cope with power there or offer solar to homes there and generate power for houses there use in house if dont use power then sell to power company. For ...
read full comment