The government has approved the immediate construction of a second gas processing plant to address Ghana’s energy shortfalls and enhance gas supply, Energy and Green Transition Minister John Jinapor has announced.
Speaking at a post-Cabinet briefing at the Jubilee House on Friday, March 7, Mr Jinapor said the decision is part of broader measures to tackle the country’s energy challenges in the short, medium, and long term.
“Cabinet has approved a raft of measures aimed at tackling the situation in the medium, long and even the short term. In partnership with the Finance Ministry, we will take immediate steps to construct a second gas processing plant. This will augment the shortfalls and increase supply security,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the minister dismissed calls for an official load-shedding timetable despite concerns over recent intermittent power outages.
“Let me put it on record: we are not shedding load. The demand by the Minority and some people that we publish a load-shedding timetable is mute. When you are not shedding load, there is no need for a timetable,” Mr Jinapor said.
He further argued that the country is currently exporting about 300 megawatts of electricity to neighbouring countries such as Burkina Faso and Benin, a situation he said contradicts claims of a nationwide power crisis.
