President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has declared that the country will no longer experience the energy shortages, popularly known as dumsor, that disrupted lives and livelihoods.
He said Ghana will no longer be held back by the energy shortages we experienced in the past.
The President made these remarks while commissioning the Bridge Power Project in Kpone, Greater Accra, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024.
The Ghana Bridge Power Project is a $1.2 billion combined-cycle power generation initiative with a capacity of up to 515 MW, located in Kpone within the heavy industrial area of Tema.
The project will supply power to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) under a 25-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), supported by a Put-Call Option Agreement (PCOA) with the Government of Ghana.
President Akufo-Addo, in his address, assured Ghanaians that the facility is expected to enhance Ghana’s thermal power generation capacity by 7%.
He noted that his government remains committed to energy security through effective collaboration.
To him, the Bridge Power Project is a major investment in the energy sector that will ensure sustainable and uninterrupted power supply in Ghana.
“Power indeed is the backbone of national development, underpinning every sector of society from agriculture to technology, finance, manufacturing, and education. In pursuing energy independence, we recognize that reliable power is the foundation upon which the aspirations for a prosperous Ghana are built.
“All of us remember the unfortunate difficult periods of Dumsor, between 2012 and 2016, under the presidency of the NDC’s presidential candidate, John Dramani Mahama where systematic power outages disrupted lives and livelihoods across the nation.
“Those challenging times tested our resilience and our resolve as a people. Today, as we stand together to inaugurate the Bridge Power station, we send a clear message to everyone, every Ghanaian that Ghana will no longer be held back by the energy shortages of the past.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
