The Akufo-Addo government has squandered all the gains made in the energy sector that were bequeath to them by the Mahama administration, Mr John Jinapor, Member of Parliament for Yapei/Kusawgu and former Deputy Power Minister, has said.
According to him, the NDC administration retooled and resourced the Tema Oil Refinery (TOR) and the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company (BOST) in order to make them competitive. But, at the moment, the two institutions are struggling to operate, he noted.
Mr Jinapor further stated that the Mahama administration also established the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant to support the energy sector of the economy.
“The gas processing plant has been a game changer,” he said at a press conference in Accra on Wednesday, 12 February 2020.
“Today, we make an annual savings of about US$350 million per annum through import substitution from crude oil. In 2013, we imported over US$700 million of crude oil. “The gas processing plant has also ensured there is reliability of fuel but more importantly, today, that plant can supply 50% of our domestic LPG requirement.
“By the time we were leaving office, we retooled and resourced BOST and then retooled and resourced TOR and procured 2 million barrels from the TEN fields so that TOR will process our own crude oil. You get a lot of byproducts from that because TOR has a capacity of about 65,000 barrels per day and that supplies half of our requirement. By the time we were leaving office, we had procured 2 million barrels.
“Unfortunately, after we left office under very bizarre and opaque circumstances, those barrels were sold under the Akufo-Addo regime.
“It is sad that despite all these achievements, the Akufo-Addo government is turning the clock backwards. The NPP administration has rolled back the clock of progress that we made at the time.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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Abu you are NOT making sense with your arguments. Can you support your claims with graphs and empirical records. Use technology since Ghana has come of age. Support your claims with graphical evidences then Ghanaians will take you and NDC serious,
Yes NPP has eroded dumsor so no more create loot and share business in the energy sector.
We don't care about the past! Any who wants to win elections in this country my promise us. That will be the deciding factor.
NDC must promise Ghanaians that they will reduce electricity by 50 percent. Ghana is capable of providing free electricity. If someone is able to do free shs then free r 50 percent off electricity and taxes is also possible. Just make the promise and we'll vote for you. Nowadays you can't come to power without promising us.
In the energy sector, what Mahama achieved were: 1. Four years of DUMSOR. 2. Inflated energy projects which increased the cost of those projects and sunk Ghana into more debt. 3. Several "Take or Pay" energy contracts with redundant plants that have made energy cost astronomically high. 4. The most expensive gas price in the world from the ENI agreement which is far higher that the price of gas from NGAS. 5. What made a nino like John Jinapor to build mansions in a few years as deputy power minister. You have several houses at Community 10, Community 12, and others in Accra. Then you also sold the lad to CFAO for US$4m while you were the deputy minister.
What do these NDC people take Ghanaians for? You think we are all dumb people who know nothing? You mess up the country and you are sacked. Then you turn around and make vague statements with the hope of convincing people that you were doing well? We know why we sacked you, so sitting there and saying you did better will not change anything. We don't need you back anytime soon.
What achievement? is severe dumsor an achievement? Is Create, Loot and Share(CLS) an achievement? Aren't you ashamed of yourself? you were a deputy minister in that sector then. Give us a break. Ghanaians are now wiser and eye-opener than before. Why didn't you guys talk about the Airbus scandal
Did they do so by unsanctioning the pay or take regime you helped JDM to sign?