Ghana is at breaking point - Minority Chief Whip demands emergency action from Mahama

Frank Annoh-Dompreh warned that Ghana is facing deepening national crises and called for urgent presidential intervention to address worsening problems in the energy sector, cocoa industry, food distribution system and the Environmental Protection Agency. In an open letter addressed to President John Mahama on Wednesday, the Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP said the country was "at a point" where growing governance failures were imposing unbearable pressure on citizens. Mr. Annoh-Dompreh described the return of persistent power outages as distressing, saying the ongoing "dumsor" was crippling businesses and destroying livelihoods across the country.

Mr. Annoh-Dompreh stated that businesses cannot operate consistently while fuel prices continue to rise despite the introduction of the GHS1 fuel levy. He urged government to suspend the levy, publish an audit of the energy sector and immediately engage Independent Power Producers and gas suppliers to restore full generation capacity. He also proposed sweeping structural reforms, including the merger of the Electricity Company of Ghana and the Northern Electricity Distribution Company, as well as the creation of an Independent Power Market Administrator. He said more than 3,000 contract staff were reportedly recruited at the EPA without the required financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance and before the Authority had a properly constituted governing board.

Mr. Annoh-Dompreh called for an emergency produce purchase scheme, stronger storage systems and urgent reforms to support school feeding supply chains. He warned that overlooking the warning signs of the issues raised causes major setbacks in national development.