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    Joy Online: Energy Expert Suggests Government Sets Up Committee to Tackle Power Problems (Ghana)

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In light of Ghana's current gas issues with Nigeria, energy expert Kwadwo Poku says Ghana needs a committee on energy and power

by: Erica Mills

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Press Notes, Africa

Joy Online: Energy Expert Suggests Government Sets Up Committee to Tackle Power Problems (Ghana)

Energy expert, Kwadwo Poku, says approach by the current and past governments to deal with the country’s energy challenges has been ad hoc at best.

Mr Poku believes a sure way to firmly solve critical issues debilitating the power sector – such as debts owed power producers and distributors, deficits in power generation among others –  is for government to set up a committee tasked with finding long term solutions to the multi-faceted causes of the energy challenge Ghana is facing.

His comments on PM Express Tuesday evening are in reaction to the possibility of an intensified load shedding that may come if Nigeria Gas cuts gas supply to power producers in Ghana over government indebtedness.

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