Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe Minority on Wednesday asked the government to apologise to Ghanaians for continuously lying about the challenges confronting the power sector, the latest being the claims of an arson attack on a major gas pipeline at Tema.<\/p>\n
GRIDCO reported a successful foiling of a suspected arson attack on the pipeline. Had the attack been successful it could have resulted in an explosion and caused disruption in Ghana\u2019s power distribution.<\/p>\n
The latest attack is the second in two weeks after pylons belonging to GRIDCO was hacked down by some unknown persons.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are not going to sit down and allow it so we have asked the National Security, Police, Soldiers, BNI all assisting us. Three days ago they attempted again but our security guard saw them and gave our soldiers a heads up so we chased them and they run away.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey had already lit the fire, trying to burn the fuel lines in the ground to cause a possible explosion in the enclave,\u201d GRIDCO\u2019s head of security, Major Lawrence Appiah Rtd. told journalists.<\/p>\n
However, a statement from the Institute for Energy Security (IES) revealed the pipeline rather belongs to a private oil company which contained water and not gas.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Starr News, Minority spokesperson on Mines and Energy Adams Mutawakilu called out the government for causing fear and panic in order to hide its incompetence in addressing the challenges in the energy sector<\/p>\n
He has therefore asked the government through the Energy Ministry to render an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for the deceit.<\/p>\n
Mutawakilu said: \u201cIt is a pipeline that is being constructed by Cirrus oil services limited. Construction ongoing with water in those pipes not nothing relating to the power industry.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, it is surprising that political heads will be commenting on issues when they are not properly briefed,\u201d asking \u201cor is it a mischief to divert the incompetence of the Nana Akufo-Addo administration in respect to the power sector to sabotage\u2026so that they will be able to cover it under it?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI urge the minister to apologise to the people of Ghana for the deceit by creating the impression that those pipeline were accessories of the power sector. They have no relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: starrfm.com.gh 2019-04-11 Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu The Minority on Wednesday asked the government to apologise to Ghanaians for continuously lying about the challenges confronting the power sector, the latest being the claims of an arson attack on a major gas pipeline at Tema. GRIDCO reported a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":607004,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-607003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: starrfm.com.gh 2019-04-11 Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu The Minority on Wednesday asked the government to apologise to Ghanaians for continuously lying about the challenges confronting the power sector, the latest being the claims of an arson attack on a major gas pipeline at Tema. GRIDCO reported a […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-11T13:19:19+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":390,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/\",\"name\":\"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-11T13:19:19+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/11\\\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"General News of Thursday, 11 April 2019 Source: starrfm.com.gh 2019-04-11 Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu The Minority on Wednesday asked the government to apologise to Ghanaians for continuously lying about the challenges confronting the power sector, the latest being the claims of an arson attack on a major gas pipeline at Tema. GRIDCO reported a […]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority","datePublished":"2019-04-11T13:19:19+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/"},"wordCount":390,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/","name":"GRIDCo lied; pipeline contained water \u2013 Minority - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2019-04-11T13:19:19+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/11\/gridco-lied-pipeline-contained-water-minority\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=607003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/607003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=607003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=607003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=607003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"Amewu](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/35798622.295.jpg\" "\\"Amewu")
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n