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Ken Ofori-Atta, Minister of Finance
Energy expert Mr. Kojo Poku has blamed the Ministry of Finance for the problems in the energy sector in Ghana.
Therefore, he has asked the general public not to question the Ministry of Energy for the problems of the electricity sector.
Your comments come after Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) has notified that it intends to undertake maintenance work.
There were concerns that this would result in power outages in some areas of the country, but GRIDCo has said it has no intention of embarking on a nationwide load reduction program.
According to the company, what is being experienced in parts of Accra is part of a couple of projects to improve the reliability of power supply in the Greater Accra region.
He explained in a statement on Wednesday, March 31, that ongoing projects appear to have increased perceptions of impending power outages across the country.
“GRIDCo wishes to assure the general public that it does not intend to embark on a cargo reduction program nationwide,” it emphasized in the statement.
Speaking in relation to this development at Key Points on TV3 on Saturday April 3, Mr. Kojo Poku said: “The Ministry of Finance is the biggest problem in this energy sector, but everyone keeps going to the Ministry of Energy. The Committee of Mines and Energy I am surprised that they are asking the Ministry of Energy.
“Three years ago the Ministry of Energy had a team that did the renegotiations, when they sent the report to the Ministry of Finance for signature, the Ministry of Finance refused to sign it.
“They formed another Committee headed by Vice Minister Charles Adu Boahen and as I speak today we have not reached the conclusion of the exercise. So it is a problem where the technicians will do one thing and the Ministry of Finance will do another ”.
For his part, the Executive Director of the African Center for Energy Policy (ACEP), Mr. Ben Boakye, noted that Ghana is currently facing critical efficiency problems in its power transmission system.
He explained that the problems are of a technical, financial and managerial nature that must be addressed at the same time, “otherwise, we will not be able to solve the problems.”
He stated these on key points as well while contributing to the discussion on planned maintenance work to be carried out by Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo).
Mr. Boakye explained to host Abena Tabi that in the energy sector, “we have transmission and distribution. If you generate power and cannot transmit, the power sector is not complete.
“If it transmits and cannot distribute for the consumer to use, it does not have a power system.
“Over the years, when we had crises, we have focused so much on generation and contributed even more than we can consume as a country and ignore the essential improvements that we must make in the transmission and distribution of electricity. That is why we are where we are because we have not invested ”.
He added “The financial component is also critical. How it financed development across the grid to ensure they are stable, efficient and deliver power when needed. We are also faced with the critical issue of efficiency in our transmission system.
“If you don’t transmit efficiently, what happens is that you lose power while you’re transmitting.
“The bottom line is clearly that the ingredients of the challenges in the energy sector have not changed. It is still technical, it is still financial and management and we have to address all of these at the same time, otherwise we are not going to be able to fix the problems. “
