VRA buys $50 million crude every 18 days

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• BOMBER 11 years ago

  AND SO WHAT;DONT WE PAY FOR IT:

  AND SO WHAT;DONT WE PAY FOR IT:

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• The Mask 11 years ago

  Ghana has three hydroelectric dams: Akosombo dam, Kpong hydroelectric dam and the newly constructed Bui dam. Aside this we have the Aboadze power and Takoradi power plants. I am sure by now we can all conclude that the decisi ...
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  Ghana has three hydroelectric dams: Akosombo dam, Kpong hydroelectric dam and the newly constructed Bui dam. Aside this we have the Aboadze power and Takoradi power plants. I am sure by now we can all conclude that the decision to invest in the West Africa Gas Pipeline was not a prudent one because Nigeria has admitted that Nigerians would not be able to supply us with the gas that we need.
  
  However what is disturbing is that the additional power being generated is not being used by our industries or consumers. We supply Togo, Benin and Nigeria through two grids one in the south and one in the North. We also supply ivory coast and Burkina Faso with electricity. Inspite of this the cost of electricity to the average consumer has not declined and many would tell you that it is very expensive. There is another thing I don't understand. The government sometimes tells us there is power crises meanwhile electricity supply to other countries from Ghana continues unabated.
  
  A look at the map of the national electricity grid would tell you straight away that the at least 12 Akyem districts in the Eastern Region which make up more than half the population of the region have been cheated.
  
  In the load shedding exercise it is imperative that some key areas be left out. This should include where the three arms of government work and reside like Sakumono where MPs (representatives) reside and flag staff house and osu castle where the President works and resides. Where the chief justice works and resides should also be included. It should also include the premises of key government institutions like ministries.We need to quadruple our electricity production within the next four years but not through foreign investors.

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• charles Austria 11 years ago

  ODER MR knowlittle,i am not anderstanding,is GHANA electricity power belong to VRA;

  ODER MR knowlittle,i am not anderstanding,is GHANA electricity power belong to VRA;

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• SEIDU JOHNSON 11 years ago

  BUY THE WIND ENERGY MACHINES THEY DON´T NEED CRUDE THEY NEED WIND TO PRODUCE.

  BUY THE WIND ENERGY MACHINES THEY DON´T NEED CRUDE THEY NEED WIND TO PRODUCE.

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• Emma 11 years ago

  if true,we spend over $1BN a year on crude. Cant we setup solar farms with all that money to supplement what we have in thermal? All that sunlight!!

  if true,we spend over $1BN a year on crude. Cant we setup solar farms with all that money to supplement what we have in thermal? All that sunlight!!

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• Whatever 11 years ago

  The forecast was there. Ghana gas was the only project capable of ending the problem and we didn't make it a priority. Its incredible. Sometimes I can't even believe that the finance minister actually delayed funding for the ...
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  The forecast was there. Ghana gas was the only project capable of ending the problem and we didn't make it a priority. Its incredible. Sometimes I can't even believe that the finance minister actually delayed funding for the project.

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