Energy Ministry Backs NAPO: He Was Only Being Factual
The Ministry of Energy has given their backing to the Energy Minister, Hon Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh over comments he made during an interview with Joy News.
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The Ministry in a press release signed by Kofi Abrefa Fena spokesperson gave detailed assertions of the Minister’s interview calling on Ghanaians to continue having hope in the Ministry’s effort to resolve their plight in the Energy sector.
Read the full statement of the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Calls For Load Shedding Time-Table- Energy Minister Was Only Being Factual
The Ministry of Energy has taken notice of the spin round an interview granted to Joy News by the Energy Minister, Hon. Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh on the margins of the inauguration of the New Patriotic Party’s Ashanti Regional Campaign Team last Sunday. The rather innocuous statements of the Minister as captured by the interview have been distorted to portray him as being insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians and thus, we wish to avert the minds of Ghanaians to the context of the interview and clarify as follows :
1. The Minister dismissed the need for a load management timetable because in his view and as indicated by the Electricity Company of Ghana, the causes of the temporary power challenges are being addressed. The Minister in the clip said, ‘ Addressing the issues is not an event’ which is rightly so.
2. The Minister’s comparison of the current Energy sector to the one under former President John Mahama, where Ghanaians reeled under pervasive “Dumsor” for 4 years, comes on the back of recent similar calls, in the media space by the NDC Flagbearer for a load management timetable. This call, in the view of the Minister, is borne out of the quest to score cheap political points. A careful listen of the interview will show that the comparative template was set by the interviewer.
3. In the said clip the Minister is seen straining his voice because of the noisy background, to be heard by his interviewer. This has unfortunately been misconstrued. Dr Prempeh is known to be very media-friendly.
4. The honourable Minister has always been sensitive to the plight of the Ghanaian people and continues to ask for their forbearance, as has always been the case when challenges relative to power stability emerge.
5. The Ministry wishes to assure the general public that the Ministry as the policy maker and the mother agency of the various power sector actors is working assiduously with these agencies to ensure that the temporary challenges are resolved.
