The inability of government to keep the lights on is beginning to look like a conundrum for the NDC administration.
It is a de ja vu affair…during the JM 1 regime it persisted and accounted for one of the factors leading to the rejection by Ghanaians of that government at the polls.
Having exhausted what was left by their predecessors in the public kitty what we are now witnessing is the real NDC administration, traces of the previous administration completely confined to history save dismembered policies such as the free SHS and a wobbling NHIS legacy of former President John Agyekum Kufuor. They are having a bumpy ride in the energy sector leaving Ghanaians spooked and tired within close to a year and a half of assuming the reins of power.
To continue to blame the previous administration for the woes of government today in the energy sector is to display dishonesty and disingenuousness.
How else can we describe the NDC clinging to assortment of inconsistent theories as being responsible for the energy sector’s handicap today?
It is incomprehensible that the recent Akosombo fire which rendered two units unusable are being blamed for the power outages which commenced even in 2025.
Settings or even propaganda does not work effectively all the time. Even if it does as in the case of employing enormous propaganda and subterfuge to win the 2024 polls, it does not take long for these trickeries to crumble as being witnessed in the energy sector today.
The reasons being adduced by the government for the energy shortfall are as noted by the Minority in their press conference a few days far from the truth. It hurts to see public office holders lying between their teeth to their compatriots some of who know better than them the workings of such subjects as energy and governance in general.
Let them review the lies and tell Ghanaians the truth so that we can move on as a country desirous in making progress.
When the dumsor levy was introduced the reason for which as told Ghanaians at the time was to address the financial constraints hindering the supply of electricity.
It has been a while since the application of the levy yet the challenges continue to taunt us as a nation leaving us unable to have the lights on.
Knowledge of how much has been collected and to present us with a balance sheet of the amount’s management continues to be kept to the chest of government. The continuous denial to Ghanaians of this information only breeds suspicion and compelling us to draw conclusions about the integrity of managers of the economy.
When the challenge is nowhere near the generating capacity but financial then more questions pop up and these demand immediate answers.
The foregone can lead to questions such as has the accumulated dumsor levy been diverted elsewhere, by who and for what reason?
