Vincent Ekow Assafuah, the Member of Parliament for Old Tafo, says the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) will support the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government’s plan to privatise the energy sector.
This comes in response to the looming power crisis, commonly referred to as “dumsor,” which has plagued the nation for years.
“We will support you. We are not going to go on a tangent that you guys went with respect to PDS when we felt that the sector would have to be privatised,” Assafuah stated on The Big Issue on Channel One TV on Saturday.
He recalled the previous administration’s attempts to privatise the Electricity Company of Ghana to the Power Distribution Services which faced significant opposition and allegations of fraud and procurement inaccuracies.
“We heard a number of them saying that we cannot do so. At one point, they also shifted the argument and said that there are a number of frauds and inconsistencies or procurement inaccuracies in that kind of deal. They did not support in the way that we felt they should support,” Assafuah added.
However, Assafuah noted that the current administration’s call for privatisation of the energy sector aligns with his party’s beliefs.
“But now that they are also calling for a privatisation of the sector, we give them our word. It is something that we believe in. Over the years, we believe that it is a sector,” he emphasised.
The power crisis has been a persistent issue in Ghana, causing frequent power outages and significant economic disruptions. Privatisation is seen as a potential solution to improve the management and efficiency of the power sector, ultimately reducing the financial burden on consumers.
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