President-elect, John Dramani Mahama says the country’s energy sector is in dire need of urgent reforms to address the escalating crisis caused by the outgoing government led by President Akufo-Addo.
He stressed that, without prompt intervention, the situation could jeopardize the economic growth and development of the country with a current debt of $2.5 billion and non-payment of Independent Power Producers (IPPs).
Speaking during a brief meeting with the Canadian High Commission in Ghana following his electoral victory in the December 7 elections, President Mahama has accused the outgoing Akufo-Addo-led government of mismanaging the country’s energy sector resulting in high debt levels, unreliability of power and high tariffs on consumers.
“The energy sector is another area in which this outgoing administration has mismanaged in a major way. They’ve kept the lights on at the expense of accruing a very huge debt”, President Mahama stated.
He continued: “that debt is being audited and so far …