Ghana’s Fuel Stock For Power Genneration Depleted- Jinapor

The Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu Constituency, John Jinapor, has sounded an alarm about a looming energy crisis allegedly caused by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

According to him, this is as a result of a depleted national fuel for power generation ahead of a crucial WAPCo gas supply pipeline maintenance.

As a result, he foresees a serious load shedding exercise between 20th January to 16th February of about 1000 MW.

“Today, as President Mahama prepares to assume office, our checks from the system operator (GRIDCo), has revealed that Ghana has less than 2 days of stock for both Distillate Fuel and Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) with no plans put in place by the outgoing administration to restock the depleting fuel stock despite assurances by government officials to the transition team.”

Contrary to the immediate past President’s assurance that the country’s energy sector had been competently managed with the lights kept on, the MP said near-collapse energy sector was what he had left behind.

“What the President conveniently chose not to tell Ghanaians was that the country’s fuel stock for our power plants has been depleted with no arrangements to replenish it. It is my honest belief that Ghanaians are discerning enough to know that this claim was false, mischievous, and an attempt to set the incoming Mahama’s administration up,” he said in a Facebook post.

According to him, President Mahama has inherited an “ailing” energy sector, which is on the verge of collapse from “mounting unsustainable” debt, high technical inefficiency, and poor governance.

“While at that, Mr Akufo Addo knew that his Ministry of Energy had requested WAPCo to reschedule its routine pipeline cleanup and inspection exercise originally scheduled for October 2024 to January 20th, 2025. Meanwhile, the outgoing Akufo Addo government refused to order liquid fuel to augment gas shortfall during the period of the maintenance and pigging exercise.”

This move, according to Jinapor was a “calculated ploy aimed at creating disaffection” for the incoming Mahama administration.

If crude is to be purchased by the new President, Jinapor put on record that it would take at least four weeks to order a parcel of Light Crude Oil (LCO) and another 4 weeks for the treatment of same before usage.