Dr Manteaw criticizes politicians attempting to take credit for VRA's work

This comes after the National Democratic Congress criticised President Akufo-Addo for his decision to relocate the AMERI Power Plant and rename it the Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Plant.

If it is not the politicisation of these institutions, what else could that be.

President Nana Akufo-Addo officially commissioned the first phase of the Anwomaso 1 Thermal Power Plant in Kumasi on Wednesday, April 17.

Speaking at the commissioning, President Akufo-Addo emphasised that there is a growing demand for power as the population and economic activities of the country continue to expand.

The Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Project came into being after the expiration of the BOOT agreement between Ameri Energy Limited and the Government of Ghana (GoG) on the erstwhile Ameri power plant.

Accordingly, the Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, together with the VRA took a strategic decision to relocate the plant to Kumasi and since then, the project has been named the Kumasi 1 Thermal Power Project and funded entirely from the VRA’s internally generated funds.

“But let it be known that when dumsor was collapsing the businesses of inhabitants of the Ashanti Region and beyond, it was John Mahama’s Ameri Power plant (howsoever it is called) that was brought in to save the situation.”