Another attempt to destroy government property and temper of power supply in the country has been foiled as unknown arsonists attempted to torch some gas pipelines within the Tema enclave.
According to Public Relations Officer for the Energy Ministry, Nana Damoah, the gas pipelines supply fuel to the generating center of the Authority at the Tema industrial area.
Nana Damoah who was speaking in an interview on Citi Eyewitness, Monday, indicated that “Last night (Sunday), some security men doing some regular checks along the pipelines that take one of the generating plants within the Tema enclave discovered that some persons had packed car tyres over some pipelines that were transmitting fuel to the generation plant and had torched these tyres, so they were burning.”
He expressed sadness over this development especially as it comes on the back of the destruction of some pylons near the head office of state power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo).
Nana Damoah says "it gets more confusing and it gets sadder that as we are facing challenges and working hard to get the people of Ghana out of the challenges that we are facing, there are some very determined persons who also wish that we will stay in the condition for a longer period. Investigations into this development have begun.”
He has however assured that the incident at Tema will not cause any power outage.
Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu, had condemned the destruction of some pylons near the head office of state power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), describing the perpetrators as “thieves” and “animals”.
The pylons, which were destroyed on Monday, 25 March 2018, were discovered by some GRIDCo staff.
Mr Amewu, who inspected the destruction, pointed out that there were measures to protect such installations and other strategic national assets.
He, however, added that the authorities “cannot be everywhere at every time and some of these thieves, some of these animals in our society will do things just to outwit the security”.
In his opinion, the action by the suspects constitutes “a complete sabotage” of the work of the power distributors.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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I smell the congress in all these sabotage operations. Some of their strategies being put into motion, for equalisation of Dumsor, making a government unpopular, communist inferior tactics and hoping to win election 2020. Intensify your efforts and you will get the saboteurs and you will know them by their faces. The chairman's tape is still relevant. Ghana CID, please wake up!
Let these nation wreckers go ahead and make life difficult for the rest of us... of course non of us saw the perpetrators but the Almighty God saw them and recorded every steps they took to execute this inhumane act. I strongly believe there is definitely a reward for whatever we here on earth !
Are these not what the Fake Elder, Mr. Ofosu Ampofo said in the leaked tape? Covert & Overt actions to MAKE THE NPP government fail? NEVER vote for NDC, thy are WICKED & EVIL. They only think CREATE, LOOT & SHARE BUT NOT ABOUT THE PROSPERITY OF GHANA!
Im am totally scandalised by our unpatriotic and barbaric attitude as a nation. The same people will queue for Visas to other countries who's people have sacrifice and guarded jealously to build - why cant we be patriotic and help build this beautiful nation and be proud of? I have been in the UK for close to 20 years and each day is one hell after the other just because we cant build our own. Because there was Dum-Sor in someones time there must equally be Dum-Sor to equalise? God is watching us ALL....
I am happy about it, this will teach NPP Government a lesson. When you fail to prosecute ex Corrupt Officials, when you arrest Party Gurus who are plotting against you, but let them go free. That is what happens, they will continue to sabotage you.