Posted on: www.dailyguideghana.com
By William Yaw Owusu
Monday June 27, 2011.
A group calling itself Nana Addo for President 2012 (NAFOP) has slammed the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government for the perennial shortage of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) that is fast destroying businesses across the country.
“Ever since the Mills-Mahama administration took over the affairs of this country, LPG has been poorly managed causing long queues at gas filling stations across the country. This has led to severe hardship in many households and LPG dependent commercial vehicles,” Charles Mintah, NAFOP Executive member for Greater Accra region said in a news release issued in Accra.
It said the LPG shortage has adversely affected what it calls “the already poor state of businesses and economic activities” in the country adding “it is getting worsened day by day.”
NAFOP said before the Mills administration took over from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in January 2009, the perennial shortage of LPG had become a thing of the past but the same could not be said under this government which promised ‘Better Ghana’ for the people.
“Every Ghanaian now feels the incompetence with which the energy situation has been so far managed in the country. Indeed President Mills and the NDC promised Ghanaians a year of action in 2011 but the year of action has rather left Ghanaians in a situation of despondency, confusion wailing and gnashing of teeth,” the statement said.
The release said recent comments attributed to the Executive Secretary of Energy Commission, Dr. Alfred Ofosu Ahenkorah to the effect that the LPG shortage was due to increase in demand of the commodity attests to the fact that the government has no solution to the gas problem.
The release said Ghanaians can no longer wait for any feasibility studies to be conducted before they enjoy constant flow of gas given the fact that the West African Gas Supply is operational and Ghana is now a crude oil producing country.
“The fact is that the gas situation at the moment is seriously affecting caterers, taxi drivers, passengers, small factories chop bar operators and restaurants just to mention a few, whose activities are LPG dependent.
“Of late, it is common to observe the long queues of gas cylinders at filling stations for several days as if they were meant for an exhibition. Taxi drivers get stranded and some even spend the night at filling stations in their vehicles waiting for LPG to be supplied. The situation equally affects passengers who are unable to go home early due to the long queues at lorry stations. This constant trend is worrying under the so-called better Ghana agenda,” the group lamented.
It said that it is obvious that the Mills-Mahama administration has not demonstrated what it calls “the slightest competence” in meeting the expectations of Ghanaians, especially in the supply of essential utility.
The group called on Ghanaians to reject the NDC government in 2012 insisting that “the government has lost focus especially during this period that the sitting president is being contested, for reasons relating to incompetence and corruption by members of his own party.”
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