Arrogance of Power. Or Why NDC is been voted out, by the vast majority of Ghanaians!
"Turn your lights off, if electricity is expensive" - Kofi Buah
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The Minister somewhat echoed a member of the legal team of ruling National Democratic Congress, Abraham Amaliba, who told Citi FM listeners on Saturday that critics of the recent electricity tariff hike should try using candle if they believe the power tariffs was too high.
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Comments Ozil Amoah Prince Ozil Amoah Prince was he not acting like an animal den Like · Reply · 1 · 17 hrs Anabihla Alexander Awuni Anabihla Alexander Awuni Stupid talk Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs Nana Afriyie Nana Afriyie u are an asshole. twart like u Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs Richard Baah Richard Baah Yooo and there u are,u talk as if u don't lay ur head on pillow Unlike · Reply · 4 · 17 hrs Animako Amidesty Animako Amidesty Wai mom yinaaa Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs Rita Ampomah Rita Ampomah Such irresponsible statement from no other person but a prominent man in government. How can you win election with these irresponsible people in your government? No wonder the NDC lost the election. Arrogance consumed most of the government appointees the moment they started to make money in the dubious means. Tomorrow come and make such reckless statement. Ghanafuo are wide awake with our KOKROMOTIE BEING THE POWER Unlike · Reply · 4 · 14 hrs · Edited Nana Osei Nana Osei Very stupid, kwasia you are just spending the money with ur family so u dnt know what is going on kwasia s3m Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs Kofi Amponsah Kofi Amponsah Another arrogant guy you have seen your smoothness level with out Ghanians you guys are nothing. Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs Nana Osei Nana Osei Hu are u referring to? Like · Reply · 17 hrs Choose file Hebron Camp Hebron Camp How can elderly man like u talk like that. Like · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs Nana Akwasi Amoaten Asamoa Nana Akwasi Amoaten Asamoa That's what we call the arrogance of power. Like · Reply · 1 · 17 hrs Samuel Duodu Samuel Samuel Duodu Samuel This man is the highly cost of the ndc, he was not speaking the truth. He must speak again. Like · Reply · 16 hrs Enyam Nyame Enyam Nyame That's why the people of ellembelle constituency voted against you Like · Reply · 16 hrs Isaac Bryan Isaac Bryan God Is Good All The Time.God Only Stays Up There And Watch Is People. Like · Reply · 1 · 15 hrs Kwaku Asamoah Boahene Kwaku Asamoah Boahene No more hearing from these student ministers Unlike · Reply · 2 · 14 hrs Richard Nsangla Richard Nsangla these are some of the guys ndc must deal with Unlike · Reply · 2 · 14 hrs Selina Aidoo Selina Aidoo This arrogance led to your defeat Unlike · Reply · 2 · 14 hrs Dapaah Samuel Dapaah Samuel Nkwaseasem nkoaa na nkurofo woyi keka kyeree yen during their term in power Like · Reply · 1 · 14 hrs Footsfit Tomson Footsfit Tomson Kwasias3m wo na wotua may3n...kuraseni Like · Reply · 13 hrs Katherine Appiah Katherine Appiah Sajeeewa Like · Reply · 1 · 13 hrs Richard Nsangla Richard Nsangla You. Look beautiful Like · Reply · 13 hrs Write a reply... Choose file Solace Shika Solace Shika IDIOT Like · Reply · 1 · 13 hrs Ebenezer Arthur Ebenezer Arthur Yoooooooooooooooooo, have you see your stand? Like · Reply · 13 hrs Thirdday Eagle Stephen Thirdday Eagle Stephen Bye,bye....idoit Like · Reply · 12 hrs Zakari Bayong Zakari Bayong reckless speech Like · Reply · 12 hrs Tina Sey Wilson Tina Sey Wilson The thumb spoke Like · Reply · 1 · 12 hrs Amanda Tawia Amanda Tawia Unlike · Reply · 1 · 12 hrs Commoota Commoota Commoota Commoota kraman Like · Reply · 12 hrs Elizabeth Marley Elizabeth Marley look at that shameful face , hooooooooo ! Like · Reply · 11 hrs Selina Yeboah Selina Yeboah Foolish man Like · Reply · 10 hrs Peter Kwadjo Kwadwo Peter Kwadjo Kwadwo now you have seen your smoothness level? Like · Reply · 9 hrs Diana Nkansah Diana Nkansah Foolish talking Like · Reply · 8 hrs Abdul Karim Rahman Abdul Karim Rahman See him now tweaaaaaa Unlike · Reply · 1 · 7 hrs Frank Adu Frank Adu Have u seen ur smoothness level foolish fools hahahahaahahsh Like · Reply · 1 · 7 hrs Anim Andoh Anim Andoh You will lose in the next election . We the NPP will take our seat back we one solid party than disintegrating ndc Like · Reply · 6 hrs Eugene Amoako Eugene Amoako otweaaa mokai s3 ghana fo) agyimi...go to hell en taste opposition...asaaawa Unlike · Reply · 1 · 6 hrs Nana Yaa Serwaa Boatemaa Nana Yaa Serwaa Boatemaa His life s ful of darkness Like · Reply · 1 · 6 hrs Diana Nkansah Diana Nkansah Hi Like · Reply · 1 · 6 hrs Kwaku Gyasi Arthur Kwaku Gyasi Arthur Hahahaha....I laugh enter NDC's headquarters and was met by a baby with sharp teeth. Like · Reply · 2 · 4 hrs · Edited Nana Yaa Serwaa Boatemaa Nana Yaa Serwaa Boatemaa Funny dear Like · Reply · 4 hrs Emmanuel Koreeh Emmanuel Koreeh Hahaha can't think far Unlike · Reply · 1 · 2 hrs Naana Bentsiwa Edwards Naana Bentsiwa Edwards with dis arrogance, u expect a SHORT MEMORY Ghanaian to vote for u....hahahahahhahah Unlike · Reply · 1 · 2 hrs Rose Osei Rose Osei masa masa masa When u put ur lights off koraa u go pay same as ur lights are on.uve made metres like usain Bolt Like · Reply · 2 hrs Princess Tetteh Boafo Princess Tetteh Boafo Ghanaians can't be bought with their own money Like · Reply · 1 hr Ama Serwaa Acheampong Ama Serwaa Acheampong We turned d NDC off rather...bayifo) a )reto dwom Unlike · Reply · 1 · 1 hr Vivian Antwi Vivian Antwi Malafaka talk Like · Reply · 31 mins |
President J.D. Mahama, after NPP victory...
Full 2013 story:The Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, has broken his long silence on the rising outrage triggered by the recent 78.9 percent rise in electricity tariff.
“...Electricity is no more going to be some free water flowing. It is expensive; it is going to be expensive going into the future and the reality is that we must begin to understand that,” the Minister bluntly told Citi FM’s Richard Dela Sky in an exclusive interview to be aired later tonight on Point Blank on Eyewitness News.
The Minister somewhat echoed a member of the legal team of ruling National Democratic Congress, Abraham Amaliba, who told Citi FM listeners on Saturday that critics of the recent electricity tariff hike should try using candle if they believe the power tariffs was too high. “We need to understand that there is balancing act to do as a government. The survival of the utility agencies is also vital and critical. What would we prefer? Would we prefer the collapse of ECG, the collapse of VRA, to having these agencies provide us with the services that we have? So government has to balance the situation and ensure that these services are at least floating and providing us with what we want but a situation where people want to see the utility services being deprived and at the end of the day collapsed. If anybody thinks that electricity is very expensive to consume, they should resort to buying candles and see how it is” Mr. Amaliba said. Mr Amaliba’s Saturday morning comments came shortly before National Security Advisor, Brigadier General Nunoo Mensah, went on a public platform in Accra to slam critics of the government who say Ghanaian workers were suffering under the Mahama Presidency. “If you don’t want the job, Ghana is not a police state. Take your passports and get out of this country and don’t destroy the country for us; if you can’t sacrifice like what some of us have done, then get out. If the Kitchen is too hot for you, get out,’’ the retired Army Chief said in Accra, provoking a storm of public anger. This morning’s edition of the Citi Breakfast Show aired excerpts of the Energy Minister’s interview in which the Ellembele Constituency Member of Parliament minced no words about what he called the dire need for consumers to reduce power consumption if they want to pay less for energy. “One of the ways to avoid paying high electricity (bills) is to make sure you turn the lights off and conserve energy...” he said, adding “the electricity we produce, almost 40 percent is wasted (so) turn it off.” His comments follow a wave of public anger after recent utility tariff increases that saw water tariff rise by 50 percent and electricity tariff climb by nearly 80 percent. Since the raise in tariffs, organised labour, represented by the Trades Union Congress (TUC), has slammed the decision to raise tariffs as insensitive. In a statement to issue a ten day ultimatum to government to reverse the tariff increases, the TUC said: “We have made it clear to the government that the prevailing income levels in the country do not allow us to pay such exorbitant increases; we simply cannot afford to pay. “We are therefore left with very little choice to implement our own roadmap for getting the tariffs down to levels that are consistent with the income of Ghanaians.” The ten day ultimatum expired last week Friday and expectations are high that the TUC will soon call a nationwide strike, although President John Mahama has appealed for calm. Last week, President John Mahama announced that his government has set up a technical committee to review the recently announced tariff hikes after threats and ultimatums issued by organized labour since the Public Utility Regulatory Authority (PURC) announced the increases late September. “We have tasked a technical team to consider the issue and make recommendations to government,” the President said. “I want to take this opportunity to appeal to organized labour to allow the committee time and space to finish its work and present its report to government,” he added. In his exclusive interview with Citi FM’s Richard Dela Sky, the President’s Minister for Energy and Petroleum Minister stressed the point that Ghanaians must be more than ready, going forward, to pay realistic tariffs for energy, dismissing claims that the tariff increases have expose the Mahama administration as insensitive to the plight of Ghanaians. “This argument about not being sensitive has been made before to almost every government that has come so because of that we postpone the decisions...that is why President Mahama has to deal with it. And I dare say President Mahama must make those decisions today so that those decisions do not surface again for another government to worry about...” Later tonight, listeners of Citi FM will hear the Minister throw out a string of statistics on power tariffs in other countries in the West African sub region to explain why the view that Ghanaians are paying too much for power is, to him, misleading. |
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