Accra, Ghana – President John Dramani Mahama has reiterated Ghana’s commitment to expanding electricity access to more citizens.
Speaking in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, at an energy summit organized by the World Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the African Development Bank (AfDB), President Mahama pledged to increase efforts to connect more Ghanaians to electricity.
Upon his return to Ghana, Acting Spokesperson to the President, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, briefed the media at the Presidential (Jubilee) Lounge of the Accra International Airport, providing details of the President’s trip.
Ghana’s Energy Experience and Advice to African Leaders
“The President went to Tanzania, where he had been invited to participate in an energy summit organized by the World Bank, the African Development Bank, the Rockefeller Foundation, and other organizations. The objective of the summit was to discuss ways of extending access to energy to underserved areas within Africa,” he said.
Kwakye Ofosu stated that President Mahama shared Ghana’s experiences in the energy sector, detailing the strategies he implemented to overcome power challenges.
“President Mahama recounted Ghana’s experiences and shared the strategies that he, in particular, adopted to get us out of the perennial energy problems that we’ve had and took the opportunity to advise against some missteps or mistakes that have been made in the past,” he said.
Ghana’s Progress in Electricity Access
Kwakye Ofosu further emphasized that President Mahama reaffirmed Ghana’s commitment to ensuring more citizens gain access to electricity.
“He then reiterated Ghana’s commitment to ensuring that many more of our citizens get access to electricity,” Kwakye Ofosu explained.
Currently, Ghana boasts an electricity access rate of approximately 83%, one of the highest on the African continent. Kwakye Ofosu described this as a significant achievement but stressed the need for further expansion.
“There were countries at their summit who disclosed that they had between anything from 12 to 19% access to electricity, and it shows Ghana is streets ahead of many of its contemporaries, but more needs to be done to ensure that many more of our citizens have access to electricity,” he stated.
He highlighted that increased electricity access is a catalyst for rapid socioeconomic development.
“And at the benefit of having this access to power, accrued for rapid socioeconomic development,” he said.
President Mahama’s Return to Ghana
President John Mahama has returned to Ghana after his working visits to Kenya, Angola, and Tanzania, where he continued his agenda of economic and infrastructural development.
Upon his arrival at Kotoka International Airport, he was welcomed by Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, Legal Advisor to the President Marietta Brew Oppong, and other top government officials, including National Security Advisor Prosper Douglas Bani, National Security Coordinator DCOP Abdul-Razak Osman, and retired COP Nathan Kofi Boakye.
As the presidential jet touched down, President Mahama descended to greet the dignitaries awaiting him before departing from the airport.
He was accompanied on his trip by Deputy Chief of Staff Stanislav Xoese Dogbe, his Executive Secretary Dr. Callistus Mahama, and other government officials.
Story by: Emmanuel Romeo Tetteh (#RomeoWrites
) / Ahotoronline.com | Ghana 
