{"id":173588,"date":"2024-04-21T12:35:36","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T12:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/21\/stop-lying-be-truthful-to-ghanaians-about-dumsor\/"},"modified":"2024-04-21T12:35:36","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T12:35:36","slug":"stop-lying-be-truthful-to-ghanaians-about-dumsor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/04\/21\/stop-lying-be-truthful-to-ghanaians-about-dumsor\/","title":{"rendered":"Stop lying, be truthful to Ghanaians about dumsor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dr. Edward Omane Boamah, the Director of Elections and IT for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia-led government, accusing it of misleading Ghanaians about the erratic power supply, commonly known as dumsor.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post addressed to Energy Minister Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on Sunday, Dr Boamah stated, \u201cYour deceitful and incompetent Akufo-Addo-Bawumia government cannot even be truthful about Dumsor!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He pointed out that the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has clarified that the transformers are not the root cause of the power outages that Ghanaians are currently experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Boamah questioned the rationale behind the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government\u2019s decision to subject Ghanaians to power outages, especially considering that the previous NDC administration, under the leadership of John Mahama, had ensured the availability of sufficient power generation plants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPURC says transformers are not the cause of the dumsor Ghanaians are confronted with. What justification can your NPP government offer Ghanaians for plunging Ghana into Dumsor when John Dramani Mahama provided enough power generation plants including the Ameri thermal plant which you have recently re-located to Kumasi and re-named?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd if I may add should Ghanaians not be \u2018whipping and slapping\u2019 your government for lying about paying for excess power and blaming Mahama for it??? Where is the excess power? Excess power indeed! Or this Dumsor is power diabetes: where sugar\/power is abundant but homes and businesses are lacking power?Liars!!!!\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<div class=\"\" dir=\"auto\">\n<div id=\":rub:\" class=\"x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<p>Dear Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh (Napo) &amp; Dr. Bawumia,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>Is this Dumsor Power Diabetes: Such that Power is Abundant but Homes and Businesses are Lacking Power?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\":rub:\" class=\"x1iorvi4 x1pi30zi x1l90r2v x1swvt13\" data-ad-comet-preview=\"message\" data-ad-preview=\"message\">\n<div class=\"x78zum5 xdt5ytf xz62fqu x16ldp7u\">\n<p><strong>Below is his full post on Facebook<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"xu06os2 x1ok221b\">\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>Your deceitful and incompetent Akufo-Addo Bawumia government cannot even be truthful about Dumsor!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>PURC says transformers are not the cause of the dumsor Ghanaians are confronted with.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>What justification can your NPP government offer Ghanaians for plunging Ghana into Dumsor when John Dramani Mahama provided enough power generation plants including the Ameri thermal plant which you have recently re-located to Kumasi and re-named?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>And if I may add should Ghanaians not be \u2018whipping and slapping\u2019 your government for lying about paying for excess power and blaming Mahama for it???<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>Where is the excess power?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<p>Excess power indeed! 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