January 22, 1966 marked the start of a new era for Ghana. Modernization was supposed to come in the shape of of 1,030 megawatt-generating Akosombo hydroelectric dam inaugurated that day.
The giant Volta River project was constructed in collaboration with the United State and with support from the World Bank which would be able to produce vast quantities of cheap power, boosting the creation of a modern and industrial state. This is a little history of Nkrumah's Akosombo hydroelectric dam.
As Ghana population grows, power consumption increases and when power consumption increases power generated was not sufficient for the entire population so Ghana encounted Dumsor under President Jerry John Rawlings, President John Agyekum Kufuor, President Atta Mills, President John Mahama and at the earlier stages of President Akuffo Addo's government this current government suffered dumsor. That was when a member of parliament in opposition described it as "presor" meaning the power outages was frequent.
Dumsor during President Mahama's era was the longest that have ever happened in the history of Ghana and it affected families, hospitals, factories, businesses and universities. It drastically reduced productivity in the entire country.
Former President Mahama tried to solve the dumsor situation by bringing in power barges but the power problem couldn't solve, Ghana owed Nigeria pertaining to the West Africa gas pipeline so there was not enough funding for fuel to power the other thermal plant.
Dumsor was ended during President Akuffo tenure after serious criticism from the opposition leader in parliament (Haruna Iddrisu) calling the situation "presor". Mr President through his economic management team was able to mobilize funds to clear the Nigerian gas debt and have been able to sustain electricity power till now. Mahama should be truthful and thankful to President Akuffo Addo for clearing his mess.
Edmund Kyei
1st Vice Chairman Asokwa NPP
Member of NPP Communication
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Greedy mahama, am ndc but you can't lead ndc. Nana addo is not corrupt remember. John your corruption is too much for Ghanaians .we will vote for you out .
see some people. i am sorry for this NDC, there is a difference in establish a company and managing it. NDC bought all the megawatts but could not solve dumsor
Fuck you men go back and leans from your history,who ended dumsor if is not Akufo Addo who else ?
Nothing sens1ble in the article. We all know dumsor was resolved by JM. When at all will Npp give credit where its due. cos of skin pain you don't want to commission teminal 3. Now ur lies are catching up on u.
Nothing sens1ble in the article. We all know dumsor was resolved by JM. When at all will Npp give credit where its due. cos of skin pain you don't want to commission teminal 3. Now ur lies are catching up on u.
Gyimie y3 saa kyei wei d3 dodo. I thought kyei will say they added 1 MW to the generation capacity. Just tell us an additional generation capacity u added. And to grace were you part of the npp guys recryited for the consolidated bank. The misled president and borrowmia are simple failures
the ***barred word*** and ***barred word*** kyei. how many megawatts did u add. that is the basic. learn to learn. u add a megawatt. u keep the power. foolssssss.
Look at the thing kwas1akwa#
Who are this noise makers, why you people dont say the truth, who is that Kyei has NPP brings in any megawatts to the existing one NDC did, you are in power and your government need to operate the energy system that means you solve the dumsor case, you NPP people are very lucky that is why you people and your leaders are fooling around Ghanaians. God bless you people.
Ndc is a waste against John mahama. I will rather prefer nana addo. Am a banker but he's clear all the mess at the banking system. He's not corrupt like John mahama. Bring a better candidate but not John. Tweaaaaa