Former Energy Minister Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, has urged the government to focus on fixing the country’s growing power challenges instead of engaging in what he describes as propaganda and smear campaigns.
In a Facebook post on Friday, May 8, Dr. Opoku Prempeh reacted to a viral social media video alleging that he and some New Patriotic Party (NPP) MPs from the Ashanti Region met district managers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and offered them money to deliberately disrupt power supply in their areas.
The former minister dismissed the claims as false and malicious, insisting that the government and its communicators should rather channel their efforts into addressing the worsening situation in the power sector.
“At a time when Ghanaians are confronted with serious challenges in the power sector, the focus of government and its communicators should be on providing lasting solutions to the crisis and not manufacturing falsehoods, spreading smear narratives, and politicising matters that directly affect the lives of our people,” he stated.
Dr. Opoku Prempeh also revealed that he has instructed his lawyers to begin legal action against the media station and presenter linked to the allegations.
“I have therefore instructed my lawyers to commence the necessary legal processes against the radio and television station involved, as well as the presenter responsible for making these claims, to compel them to substantiate these allegations with credible evidence or face the full consequences of the law,” he added.
He stressed that Ghanaians deserve leadership that is focused on solving problems and improving conditions within the energy sector rather than creating political distractions.
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