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President John Dramani Mahama has assured Ghanaians when the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is retained in power the issue of load shedding will be no more in Ghana. Addressing NDC supporters at the Jubilee Park in the Volta region during the manifesto launch of the party, President Mahama said, �Ghana has a comparative advantage when it comes to production of energy. In the second NDC administration the issue of load shedding will be a thing of the past. It will never happen again.� �I say this because we have established the foundation to be able to achieve this promise,� he said. According to the NDC flagbearer for the 2012 elections, �our vision is to hit 5000 megawatts of power production a day in Ghana by 2015. Currently, Ghana produces a little over 2000 megawatts. Between now and the end of the year it is our hope to put in about 350 more megawatts. Early next year, we expect another 700 megawatts to come into the system.� �We are introducing a policy we call �energy for all� and under that policy we will continue the work we�ve done with national electrification and rural electrification.� �The NDC has moved the average electrification coverage to 72% and under the energy for all program we are going to extend electricity to every community above 500 people. Every community that has more than 500 people will be eligible to be connected to electricity grid,� President Mahama disclosed. �We will move Ghana�s electrification coverage to above 90 percent.�