Ghana is now exporting electricity to her West African neighbours, La Cote d’Ivoire just after seven months of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo led government came into office, Mr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, the Minister of Information, has disclosed.
He said the government had managed to stabilise the power supply situation after the country went through about four years of power crisis, which crippled many businesses.
“Without power there is no way the industries can operate because power is what powers industries.
“The power situation is very stable in our country, we use to import power from Cote d’Ivoire to supplement what we produced in Ghana, today we’re exporting power back to Cote d’Ivoire again just seven months in government,” he stated.
He said the government had good intentions, zeal and commitment to resuscitate the economy and would get the economic fundamentals right to enhance the industrialisation drive.
Mr Abdul-Hamid said this at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Government and The Business Year magazine, in Accra, on Wednesday.
The Information Minister initialled on behalf of Government while Madam Florencia Solano, the Country Manager of the Magazine, signed on behalf of her organisation.
The MoU implies that the reputable international magazine would publish Ghana’s business and industrial potentials in its various editions while Government facilitates interviews and provide other relevant data for publication.
Mr Abdul-Hamid said the government, during the 2016 General Elections, campaigned on the Agenda of Change to transform the national economy from consumption to production base while, the exportation of raw materials would be enhanced with exporting of value-added products.
“So our entire programme is anchored on industrialisation,” he stressed.
He said the government would roll out the paperless port from September this year, to make the country’s port operations efficient and competitive.
In addition, he said, Government had reduced the inflation rate from 15 per cent to about 12 per cent, cut-down government expenditure and stabilised other macro-economic indicators.
“So clearly this government is committed to its programme of ensuring that the country industrialise and accelerate job creation,” he added.
Commenting on the government’s flagship programme of One District, One Factory initiative, he said, on Friday, August 25, the President would cut the sod at Ekumfi in the Central Region, to kick-start the programme.
The Minister expressed the believe that the magazine would give the nation the leverage to tell its story to the international community about the happenings on the economic and industrial front, in order to attract more investments into the country.
Source: GNA
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May all the gods in Ghana shut your mouth for engaging in falsehood.in any case did your govt added a unit to the power production?
Mr Minister stop the lies, Ghana is not exporting power to Ivory coast. its a palpable lie. I can give you the Generation chart from the year 2000 and you will realize that since then we have not been able to export a single mega watt of power to ivory coast. Just yesterday we were importing 65MW from them. Check your facts from GRDICO NCC before coming out
npp and lies. is it a curse or what? i don't blame them. is because most of their followers and supporters are block headed and ***barred word*** including the one making the assertions. substandard and back ward thinking people.
updates on energy export and import: As at 10.00hrs on 23-08-2017, CEB of Togo is exporting 7MW of power to Ghana and this facts can be verify at GRIDCO NCC in tema. Mr minister be on point and stop this politics and learn and grow up please
hmmmmmm, these people will never learn yet they boast they are knowledgeable.Mr minister are you aware there is an existing agreement between Ghana and cote d'ivoire on energy transfer and even between Ghana and Togo. do you know today 23-08-2017,we transfer 9MW in the morning and 22MW in the afternoon.In the same vein they have also being pushing power to us and you can check these facts at THE NATIONAL CONTROL CENTRE OF gridco. Please check your fact before speaking because you are disgracing yourself and the government. thanks
Please permit me to make a quick clarification here, it's not true that Ghana is now exporting power to cote d'ivoire, they have more than five hydro dams I reside here in ivory coast,I will suggest the honourable minister should check from where he got his information from
What did this government do to stop power crises that the previous government hasn't put in place already? Tell us Mr. Minister. Power crises had ended before the election 2016 so what do u expect us to do as a nation. What is relevant to us as Ghanaian's is how you will reduce the utility tariffs so we can enjoy because what is the use of power to a people when they can not pay for its usage due to high cost? We are counting the days gradually Mr. Minister rest assured.