VRA To Increase Electricity Supply

Mr Kwaku A. Awortwi, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), of the Volta River Authority (VRA), has assured Ghanaians that plans were far advanced to increase the current, 60 percent access of electricity, to 90 percent in the next five years.

He said in many West African countries, where electricity access average were less that 30 percent compared to Ghana’s percentage of 60 percent, VRA saw enormous potential for growth, and great prospects for those utilities that were efficient, competitive and competent.

Mr Awortwi said currently the access to electricity in the urban
areas was 70 percent and for rural areas it was little above 30 percent, adding that, this would increase soon, based on the expansion of the rural electrification project.

Speaking at the Open Day, as part of activities marking the 50th anniversary ceremony of the construction of the Dam, Mr Awortwi assured that they would do all they could to make their services accessible to every Ghanaian. The CEO said the establishment of the VRA set the foundation for newly independent Ghana’s economic and industrial policy.

He announced VRA’s readiness for a deregulated electricity market
where there was likely to be keen competition.