NPP should tell us how they ended dumsor – Mahama
Mahama said the NPP made no significant contributions in ending Ghana's energy crisis
Jonas Danquah 
The flagbearer of the opposition NDC, John Dramani Mahama, has challenged the Akufo-Addo led government to tell Ghanaians the number of megawatt power it added to the national grid since assumption of power, in ending the country’s power crisis.
According to the former president, the Akufo-Addo government is yet to add anything significant to the power generation capacity it inherited.
Addressing NDC members and supporters at Ashalley Botwe on Tuesday, Mr. Mahama explained that it was during his administration that power plants like Ameri and Karpower were procured to end the then erratic power supply in Ghana, adding his government totally ended the erratic power supply in December 2015.
“If NPP is claiming to have ended dumsor, they should tell me one power plant they have added to the existing ones. The answer is zero,” he said as quoted by peacefmonline.
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Mr. Mahama noted that successive governments from Dr. Kwame Nkrumah have all tried to add a certain number of megawatts to the national grid, except the Akufo-Addo regime which has failed to add anything to the national generation capacity.
He said the next NDC government will continue to develop the energy sector, including renewable energy, and extend rural electrification to communities without light.
The NDC presidential candidate also suggested that President Akufo-Addo is avoiding a presidential debate ahead of the elections because his government has no achievement to boast of, despite borrowing over 100 percent more than the amount the Mahama government took in loans for development projects all over the country.
