The Ranking Member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Mr John Abdulai Jinapor, has said the current intermittent power outages in the country popularly known as dumsor, is due to financial challenges and not because of technical challenges as being claimed by state transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and some government officials.
“This is because the transmission lines and transformers are congested due to underinvestment and lack of regular maintenance resulting from the poor financial health of the energy sector State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs),” Mr Jinapor said in a statement.
According to him, most of the energy sector SOEs have continued to witness worsening financial positions since the assumption of office by President Nana Akufo-Addo despite his administration receiving over GHS12 billion in Energy Sector Levy Act (ESLA) revenues and almost GHS20 billion in petroleum revenues over the past four years.
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Parliament’s Appointments Committee will resume its vetting of ministerial nominees appointed by President Akufo-Addo on Monday, February 22.
A total number of 14 appointees are expected to face the Appointments Committee this week to elaborate on policies they will undertake to assist the second administration of President Akufo-Addo.
Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, John Peter Amewu, and Mustapha Ussif are among the listed fourteen to meet the 26-member Committee chaired by First Deputy Speaker Joseph Osei Owusu.
Day 9 of the vetting process will see Transport Minister-designate Kwaku Ofori Asiamah and Minister-designate for Sanitation and Water Resources, Cecilia Dapaah appear before the Committee.
On Tuesday, three appointees will face the Committee namely; Joseph Cudjoe, Minister-designate for Public Enterprises, Works and Housing Minister of State-designate, Freda Prempeh and Samuel Abdulai Jinapor, Minister-designate for Lands and Natural Resources.
play videoParamount Chief of the Buipe traditional area, Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II The Paramount Chief of the Buipe traditional area, Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II, has appealed to Ghanaians to take a cue from the political tolerance exhibited by his two sons – John Abdulai Jinapor and Samuel Abu Jinapor, in the 8th Parliament of the Fourth Republic.
John Abdulai Jinapor is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu constituency and his younger brother Samuel Abu Jinapor, Member of Parliament (MP) for Damongo constituency in the Savannah Region have made history in the 8th Parliament.
Speaking in an interview with Media General’s Savannah Regional correspondent, Christopher Amoako, the chief said the election of his two sons into the 8th Parliament should put a stop to the over the polarization of everything in Ghana.