Geoffery Kabutey Ocansey, the Executive Director of Revenue Mobilisation Africa, has taken a swipe at the Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo government over the ongoing intermittent power supply disruptions, popularly known as dumsor, in the country.
Speaking in an interview on Citi TV’s Breakfast Daily show on April 21, 2024, Kabutey Ocansey indicated that what is even more troubling is that the government seems oblivious as to when the lights would go off in order to come up with a timetable.
He added that the government of John Dramani Mahama, which was called incompetent by members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), was able to come up with a schedule for ‘dumsor’ which at least allowed for Ghanaians to better plan their lives yet the current administration seems clueless on the situation.
The executive director made these remarks while reacting to former NPP flagbearer hopeful, Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, reportedly saying that it is difficult for the government to come up with a timetable for the ongoing power cuts.
Kabutey Ocansey expressed that he shocked by the statement made by Nsafoah Poku, who is an energy policy expert.
“I quoted something yesterday on my Facebook wall; ‘arrogance deeply planted in ignorance is a pathetic state’. And I’ll quote it again, ‘arrogance deeply planted in ignorance is a pathetic state’. You are arrogant, yet you know next to nothing about what you’re saying.
“I was listening to one of the experts on energy on Citi FM and everybody who listened on Saturday was wowed by the gentleman’s mindset. I mean, that level of thinking, that is where you see this thinking problem,” he said.
Kabutey Ocansey added, “The gentleman tells me that actually, it’s difficult to plan a timetable. Okay, so the incompetent person was able to bring up a timetable but those who are ‘the men’…the men who arrived to save the situation, cannot plan just a common timetable. What do we call them?”