Nigeria is to Blame for Power Outage in Ghana, President John Mahama Claimed

John Mahama, President of Ghana 

Mahama, explaining the situation of power outage, He said the reason why the issue of power is becoming very poor, is because of the delivery of crude oil from Nigeria had created power generation problems for Ghana.

Mahama further claimed that the disaster it has caused, has made the crude oil ordered from Nigeria to delay the country's ability to take drastic measures in fixing the power of light.

The issue of poor power supply has become something that has refused to improved and it has caused major parts of the states including the capital Accra to suffer total power outage which is said to have lasted for four years.

But the president has promised his citizens that he promise to tackle the issue of power outage in the country, while celebrating the Eid el Fitr in Accra the capital of Ghana.

Mahama in his words said:“Recently, there have been some issues with electricity tariffs; the Electricity Company of Ghana has done some work on it. They have done a realignment of their billing system and I believe that people can begin to feel some relief in terms of the bills that they were paying. The bills have been made more transparent so that you can tell with every unit you buy, how much the value of the unit is.

“Aside from that, we have recently suffered some generational problems. I held a stakeholders’ meeting with all those involved in the power sector. Because of sabotage in Nigeria on the terminals, crude oil that we ordered last month has not arrived; and so, it has created some generational problem for us.”

The President said he has asked the Bulk Oil Storage and Transportation Company to begin storing at least one month of light crude oil supplied for Ghana in order for the event of any problem at the supply end in Nigeria, adding, “We were not affected the way we are currently affected.

“So, I will crave your indulgence and urge all of you to understand. We are not declaring load shedding, I believe things will be normalised, but we are taking steps every day to ensure that Ghana has security when it comes to power.”