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Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by ayindejimmy(m): 9:01am On Oct 02, 2014
Ghana plans to export electricity to Nigeria

Ghana says it is planning to export thousands of megawatts of electricity to Nigeria, Ivory Coast and other neighbouring countries that have power deficit.

The Ghanaian President, Mr. John Mahama, who made the disclosure at the Africa Global Business and Economic Forum in Dubai on Wednesday, said his government had made huge investments in power generation that would enable the country to export excess electricity to Nigeria and others.

“We have given priority to electricity generation in our country. We have prioritised energy in such a way that we want to become the hub for power production in West Africa. We want to generate electricity to the point that excess power can be exported to Nigeria, Ivory Coast and other countries that have power deficit,” he said.

To achieve this dream, Mahama said his country had secured export-import financing from China as well as special funds from Abu Dhabi to commence series of power generation projects, adding that a third hydropower dam project was already at an advanced stage.

The Ghanaian leader spoke in a panel discussion along with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and President Mulatu Wirtu of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.

Mahama added, “Where Africa faces some of its challenges lies its biggest opportunities. We are leveraging on public-private sector partnership to build infrastructure. Be it roads, electricity, ports or communication systems; if we create the right environment, investors will come.

“Creating the right environment that will attract foreign direct investment is key.”

In achieving this, the Ghanaian leader joined Kagame and Wirtu to emphasise the need for African governments to strengthen anti-corruption agencies in their various countries.

“Issues of accountability and transparency are very important. There must be mechanism to fight corruption. We all have institutions but the major thing is resourcing them to effectively fight corruption and perform effectively,” he noted.

According to Kagame, African governments must create a system that is not sympathetic to corruption, saying this would help drive the required Foreign Direct Investment into the continent.

He said, “It is one thing to have the institutions; it is another thing to allow them to work. Governance and structure must be in place to make them to work,” he said.

“African governments must fix infrastructure, investment in development of education and skills, and also enhance connectivity among African countries.”
http://www.punchng.com/news/ghana-plans-to-export-electricity-to-nigeria/

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by deeobserver209(m): 9:54am On Oct 02, 2014
A helping hand from Ghana to Nigeria on Electricity exportation is certainly a welcome development. Nigeria needs all the electricity to power up her economy.

However, our drive to make our economies and Countries stronger with functioning infrastructure should not be done on the alter of trying to woo in foreign investors. We should rather develop a blueprint to ancore indigenous companies to flourish in our emerging economies. These will not only provide job security for our teaming population but also provide capacity building in the area of technological innovation and development. Most importantly it will help stem the tide of capital flight.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by yuncka: 10:07am On Oct 02, 2014
Dis our Minister for Power nose no b here o. Dat nose should b able to generate over 10,000megawatts of electricity.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by vacanci: 11:38am On Oct 02, 2014
wow. I didnt know that a country can import product to another country. How is this done? i actually thought they can only export to another country or import from another country.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by CharlieMaria(m): 12:59pm On Oct 02, 2014
lipsrsealed lipsrsealed

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by ibrews: 1:00pm On Oct 02, 2014
Thanks Satan(Ghana)

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by chinex276(m): 1:00pm On Oct 02, 2014
Was he drunk while saying this Na wa ooo...

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by alentyno: 1:00pm On Oct 02, 2014
Is it just me or do anyone find the title of this thread wierd. Import or export? Whoever pushed this thread to FP should be banned! angry even if it's oga s.eun! What kind of engrish is that?! Smh

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by ggrin(f): 1:00pm On Oct 02, 2014
cool






That pics tho gringrinlipsrsealed

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Nobody: 1:00pm On Oct 02, 2014
What sort of insult is this,i guess this a joke...

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Nobody: 1:00pm On Oct 02, 2014
Nuclear energy, nuclear energy, nuclear energy, nuclear energy.......the future of energy

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by jmoore(m): 1:01pm On Oct 02, 2014
Nigeria needs about 80,000 mega watts to sustain the needs of the country.



We supply gas to Ghana and they produce electricity for us. Sounds like exporting cassava and importing garri.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Faculty14(m): 1:01pm On Oct 02, 2014
ok
Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Nobody: 1:01pm On Oct 02, 2014
ibrews: T
chinex276: G.
alentyno: Haha
sauceny: ,
Faculty14: ok
jmoore: hian

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by iiichidodo: 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
The cost of infrastucture and red-tape needed to carry power over three countries is prohibitive as it is...We hear Bourkinafaso,Ghana's neighbour, suffers incessant blackouts....Ghana should help them.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by segun544(m): 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
Hmmm

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Nobody: 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
Here for the comments.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by obailala(m): 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
This would be a welcome development in our fight against 'darkness' but it would be a huge shame and embarrassment if this truly comes to pass undecided

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by tempex88(m): 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
Op, please change title to Nigeria plans to import electricity from Ghana or Ghana plans to export electricity to Nigeria. whichever suits you.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Nobody: 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
Na joke abi na play...small ghana kwa? Nigeria embarrassing itself since 1914..

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by LMAyedun(m): 1:02pm On Oct 02, 2014
yuncka: Dis our Minister for Power nose no b here o. Dat nose should b able to generate over 10,000megawatts of electricity.
LOL! May God forgive u

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Eneze1(f): 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
This must be a joke, which kin insult be this na, at our age

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by PROCTOR: 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by MadCow1: 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
Rubbish


Ghana wey no get light or even economy na ehn wan export electricity. . grin

This is why I have advised my Ghanaian friends to stop electing drunkards into power..

The modafucker was probably high on Kasapreko and shitto when he said that shiit. Any Nigerian rep at that summit should have beaten that iidiot for using the name of Nigeria in vain.. angry

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by EmoBoy(m): 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
Plans... Everyone has them

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Nobody: 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
Na joke abi na play...small ghana kwa? Nigeria embarrassing itself since 1914....Soon togo go export good road to nigeria..

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Codedrock(m): 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Mushood: 1:03pm On Oct 02, 2014
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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by Ojobojo1(m): 1:04pm On Oct 02, 2014
This is a bloody insult, na we de supply dem gas to use generate their own o. Our leaders are bloody morons

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by osile2012: 1:04pm On Oct 02, 2014
The Ghana govt wants to borrow money and have to cook up lies for their citizens to approve the borrowing. The electricity that Lagos state alone consumes a day will last 10 months in Ghana.

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Re: Ghana Plans To Export Electricity To Nigeria by docjuli(m): 1:04pm On Oct 02, 2014
vacanci: wow. I didnt know that a country can import product to another country. How is this done? i actually thought they can only export to another country or import from another country.

Lol

Op the ball dey your side, do justice
Import from
Export to

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