Director of Legal Directorate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Godwin Edudzi Tameklo, has raised concerns over what he perceives as the Akufo Addo- Bawumia administration’s attempt to rename the Ameri Power Plant as ‘Kumasi 1 Power Plant’.
According to him, the Ameri Power Plant, initially procured by former President John Dramani Mahama, was intended to address the country’s enduring power challenges, boasting of a capacity to generate 25 megawatts of electricity.
Mr Tameklo asserted that the renaming of the power plant is a deliberate ploy to deceive Ghanaians, particularly those residing in the Ashanti Region, where the plant is located.
He also emphasised Mr Mahama’s role in acquiring the power plant as part of efforts to alleviate the country’s power crisis during his tenure.
“BAWUMIA and Akufo Addo, out of shame, have decided to repackage and rename the AMERI plants as Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Plant.
“This corrupt, incompetent, useless and wasteful government are determined to hoodwink voters in the Ashanti region with the renaming and repackaging.”
“This administration has failed to do anything meaningful in power generation,” he posted.
In a related development, Hon. John Abdulai Jinapor, a Ranking Member of Parliament’s Mimes and Energy Committee has reacted to the development.
Below is his full Facebook post;
“Having failed to achieve anything meaningful in the Energy sector, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government have done the unthinkable by rebranding the Ameri plant procured under the able leadership of former President John Dramani Mahama under a new name called Kumasi 1 Thermal Plant (K1TPP) , all in a desperate attempt to deceive Ghanaian.
The Ameri Power Plants made up of 10 units, each with a total capacity of 250 megawatts, is a modular and versatile plant allowing for flexibility to generate power even with limited Gas supply.
The only thing the Akufo-Addo administration has done is to relocate the units to Kumasi in Ashanti, and as if this is not enough, they have gone a step further by deciding to recommission the same plants 17th April 2024, interestingly this same plant was commissioned under President Mahama .
This attempt to appropriate achievements of President Mahama and present them as that of this non-performing government will no longer be countenacned.”
