$500 million wasted on power cuts – Kwaku Awotwi

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SMART FREMPAH, UK 10 years ago

Sometimes I feel like going out there, arresting all those involved in such shameful projects and shoot them one after another. Is it not shameful for someone like the former boss of VRA to come out with such startling figur ...
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Sometimes I feel like going out there, arresting all those involved in such shameful projects and shoot them one after another. Is it not shameful for someone like the former boss of VRA to come out with such startling figures. What are leaders made of? All our leaders, I mean ALL of them are involved in this power crisis which has engulfed the country. Lack of vision is killing us. The crisis didn't start with the current government although it has to be sorted out by them and without continuing to lie to the country. Some of them deserve the stakes.
United Ghana 10 years ago

If you add the cost of the barges expected from Turkey to the cost of the wasted projects he mentions, we could have initiated solar projects. Instead we waste money on thermal plants. Visionless leadership.

If you add the cost of the barges expected from Turkey to the cost of the wasted projects he mentions, we could have initiated solar projects. Instead we waste money on thermal plants. Visionless leadership.
Ofori Italy 10 years ago

Lord help us. Nothing works in Ghana so are you telling me the engineers from UST can not get a single plant to produce electricity? What a nation . Black man with black brain . Two third year students from Florida Institute ...
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Lord help us. Nothing works in Ghana so are you telling me the engineers from UST can not get a single plant to produce electricity? What a nation . Black man with black brain . Two third year students from Florida Institute of Technology can get these plants to produce all the electricity we need . You go figure honorable with a long gown sweeping the streets of Accra .
T'pau 10 years ago

Our power problem is not entirely technical. It is more to do with people in the political arena not being able to make the right decisions on our energy-mix requirements. Wrong people are calling the shots.

Our power problem is not entirely technical. It is more to do with people in the political arena not being able to make the right decisions on our energy-mix requirements. Wrong people are calling the shots.
Nana 10 years ago

My dear friend Kweku (AWOS), you have made my day. What did you try to do with the issues you have mentoned when you were the CEO? And why did they replace you with Kirk Cofie who does not have the pedigree you have? You prep ...
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My dear friend Kweku (AWOS), you have made my day. What did you try to do with the issues you have mentoned when you were the CEO? And why did they replace you with Kirk Cofie who does not have the pedigree you have? You prepared yourself for this job. Yale engineering, Stanford MBA, Kaiser Engineers, Anglo Gold Ashanti. You are cut for the VA job. Why don't you tell Ghanaians why you were removed?
T'pau 10 years ago

Say it again and again!

Say it again and again!
Concerned 10 years ago

He just doesn't fit in.You have to be team b material to work under this government.This government really needs to explain why we need another barge whilst we have The Osagyefo and other plants lying idle

He just doesn't fit in.You have to be team b material to work under this government.This government really needs to explain why we need another barge whilst we have The Osagyefo and other plants lying idle
Osofo 10 years ago

Shut the fuck up Awotwe, you are part of the problem.

Shut the fuck up Awotwe, you are part of the problem.
JOJO 10 years ago

if u don't have any sensible thing to say shut up.

if u don't have any sensible thing to say shut up.
Sensay 10 years ago

Oh, that's mighty big of you, hiding behind a screen to talk smack. You are not fit to eat the boogers from Awotwe's nose. So, yes, you should be the one to STF up!!!

Oh, that's mighty big of you, hiding behind a screen to talk smack. You are not fit to eat the boogers from Awotwe's nose. So, yes, you should be the one to STF up!!!

Kofi Mensah 10 years ago

Wow! You knew this? And yet you were frustrating Sunon Asogli?

Wow! You knew this? And yet you were frustrating Sunon Asogli?
jagadu 10 years ago

Fools like you should be castrated. This guy Awotwe is the most educated VRA CEO that Ghana ever had. The problem is that the the government could not stand his style of American hardwork and accountability. The bottom line i ...
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Fools like you should be castrated. This guy Awotwe is the most educated VRA CEO that Ghana ever had. The problem is that the the government could not stand his style of American hardwork and accountability. The bottom line is he did not fit in. You really have to be very stupid to work for Mahama. Look at his ministers. They are all fools and stupid.
Ghanaba 10 years ago

I wonder when Ghana would see progress. Unfortunately the honest people are always haunted or intimidated at work places.
Waa look at the waste. Hmm judgement awaits all of us.

I wonder when Ghana would see progress. Unfortunately the honest people are always haunted or intimidated at work places.
Waa look at the waste. Hmm judgement awaits all of us.
Mohammed 10 years ago

Boss, you were in authority,what did you do when those decisions came up ? What was your advice? WTF !

Boss, you were in authority,what did you do when those decisions came up ? What was your advice? WTF !
Concerned 10 years ago

Sometimes you can only speak freely only after you have left your position.As the head of a department,you cannot say to the world your board or person you report to are donkeys.You have to implement their policies as if it's ...
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Sometimes you can only speak freely only after you have left your position.As the head of a department,you cannot say to the world your board or person you report to are donkeys.You have to implement their policies as if it's yours and take the abuse or quit
GBEWAA 10 years ago

QUOTE:

The T3 project, conceived during the 2006/7 power crisis, was completed in 2013 after US$250million was spent on it -- and currently produces no power.

The 126megawatt diesel engines, also conceived during the 2 ...
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QUOTE:

The T3 project, conceived during the 2006/7 power crisis, was completed in 2013 after US$250million was spent on it -- and currently produces no power.

The 126megawatt diesel engines, also conceived during the 2006/7 crisis, cost the nation US$120million.

The Osagyefo Barge, which was brought into the country in 2000, was constructed at the cost of US$120million and has, as Mr. Awotwi put it, since been “cannibalised for parts and litigated in the courts of Europe, with Ghana being forced to pay the expenses incurred by the private investor we had awarded it to, and is yet to produce its first megawatt of power fifteen years later”.

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MY TAKE:

THIS IS BREATHTAKING! THAT'S ALL I CAN SAY!

THIS SAD REVELATION HAS GOT MY HEAD SPINNING LIKE A RUSSIAN ROULETTE.

WHAT KING OF LEADERSHIP DO WE HAVE IN GHANA.

NO WONDER THEY'VE COLLAPSED ALL OF NKRUMAH'S STRATEGIC STATE INSTITUTIONS IN A FRENZY OF FRAUDULENT DIVESTMENTS BY GHANA'S SUCCESSIVE LEADERS.

AND GHANAIAN TAXPAYERS ARE BEING ASKED TO PAY FOR THIS CRASS INCOMPETENCE OF GHANA'S SUCCESSIVE LEADERS.

WHAT A COUNTRY! WHAT A COUNTRY!!!!@
First Lady 10 years ago

Take a minute to ask why T3 and the 126 MW Diesel Engines are not producing any power. All they require is to be fueled. Sierra Leone has seen the usefulness of the Diesel Engines and are renting some of them from us. We coul ...
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Take a minute to ask why T3 and the 126 MW Diesel Engines are not producing any power. All they require is to be fueled. Sierra Leone has seen the usefulness of the Diesel Engines and are renting some of them from us. We could be using some to power our major Hospitals but we will rather spend money on projects where costs can be inflated so it can be looted, rather than on what will actually benefit the citizenry.
Concerned 10 years ago

Gabby Ochere Darko said it all. We have a very weak opposition.They should make the government explain all this.

Gabby Ochere Darko said it all. We have a very weak opposition.They should make the government explain all this.
Loway 10 years ago

Way way more

Way way more
Ayaare Namsonga 10 years ago

These are genuine concerns raised but I wonder why you kept mute over them when you were CEO. Did you fear that you would be sacked. This is a little too late.

These are genuine concerns raised but I wonder why you kept mute over them when you were CEO. Did you fear that you would be sacked. This is a little too late.

Kofi Mensah 10 years ago

So why did you, as our boss, tried so hard to put impediments in the way of the Asogli Power people?

So why did you, as our boss, tried so hard to put impediments in the way of the Asogli Power people?
Dabo 10 years ago

Just try to find out why he got the sack first before you post such silly remarks.

His questions about such gargantuan waste and mismanagement got him the sack! The cobwebs that were coming out of the closet were just too ...
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Just try to find out why he got the sack first before you post such silly remarks.

His questions about such gargantuan waste and mismanagement got him the sack! The cobwebs that were coming out of the closet were just too much!
So When 10 years ago

Ayaare, try find out why he was sacked. I was told he walked out one NDC big man out of his office- he told the person his office was not a campaign headquarters. I learnt the person went for contract and was throwing his wei ...
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Ayaare, try find out why he was sacked. I was told he walked out one NDC big man out of his office- he told the person his office was not a campaign headquarters. I learnt the person went for contract and was throwing his weight around when Awotwi was not ready to bend the rules. The guy was the best thing that happened to the energy sector.
Nice Alhaji 10 years ago

Those socialists kick against everything unless it is tagged for the people even if against the people.

Those socialists kick against everything unless it is tagged for the people even if against the people.
Menaba 10 years ago

You were once a boss at VRA what did you do about the situation then?

You were once a boss at VRA what did you do about the situation then?
Kofi 10 years ago

VRA does not decide, the ignorant politicians do. That is the problem the nation is facing.

VRA does not decide, the ignorant politicians do. That is the problem the nation is facing.
Energy Expert 10 years ago

Complete lies! Reason why energy is not being produced is because there is no fuel, period. Don't come and waste our ears. Yourself, were you not head of VRA, what did you do about it. Complete nonsense!!!

Complete lies! Reason why energy is not being produced is because there is no fuel, period. Don't come and waste our ears. Yourself, were you not head of VRA, what did you do about it. Complete nonsense!!!
Kwabena Bediako. 10 years ago

He was sacked because he told the politicians the Truth. Awotwi is a true professional unlike many others.

He was sacked because he told the politicians the Truth. Awotwi is a true professional unlike many others.
Nana 10 years ago

There is so much politics in Ghana for technocrats like Awotwi. Why did NPP buy the "toys" while Osagyefo barge was not being used or underused? Was it b'cos NDC NDC1bought it? And why did NDC2 abandoned the "toys"? Was it b ...
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There is so much politics in Ghana for technocrats like Awotwi. Why did NPP buy the "toys" while Osagyefo barge was not being used or underused? Was it b'cos NDC NDC1bought it? And why did NDC2 abandoned the "toys"? Was it b'cos NPP bought it? These are the questions that should be asked.
james 10 years ago

Well said kwaku! Too bad 99% of the population are illiterate and only listen to their pastors nonsense instead of reason and common sense..

Well said kwaku! Too bad 99% of the population are illiterate and only listen to their pastors nonsense instead of reason and common sense..

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