By The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, John Mahama, has alleged that the government is attempting to pass responsibility for the current power crisis onto a potential future NDC administration, should his party win the upcoming election.
Mahama claims that the government has deliberately withheld a load-shedding schedule to obscure the true extent of the country’s electricity challenges. He attributes the ongoing power disruptions to the recent exit of Sunon Asogli from the power supply sector, which he says has worsened the situation.
Additionally, he accuses the administration of planning to leave an estimated $2 billion debt in the energy sector for the next government, a move he believes would severely limit future solutions and deepen the sector’s challenges.
Mahama shared these remarks while addressing supporters in Ehiamankyene, located in the Krachi West District of the Oti Region.
“However the reality is that dumsor is back, they know the NDC is likely to come to power, so they are trying to shift this burden onto us, additionally they are planning to pass an estimated bill of two billion dollars in debt within the energy sector to the next NDC administration,” he stated.
Mahama also expressed confidence that the party will secure a victory in the Greater Accra Region with a margin of 300,000 votes in the upcoming December 7 elections.
“We want to increase the vote that we get from Volta and the Oti regions, and I am sure that if we are able to do that, it will also increase our vote in Greater Accra. Greater Accra we won it the last time…We need to win with about three hundred thousand votes and we need to widen the gap in the Volta region.
“NPP got about a hundred thousand votes in the Volta region the last time and we got about eight hundred thousand votes, we need to decrease the votes that they get in the Volta region. I don’t think NPP will get about three hundred thousand votes in the Volta region,” he said.
Mahama is set to conclude his tour in the Oti Region, while his running mate, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, will kick off a two-day campaign tour in the Volta Region today.
