USA companies express interest in Ghana’s power sector
Some companies in the United States of America (USA) have expressed interest in helping to solve Ghana’s power crisis.
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The companies have already submitted proposals to the Ghana Embassy in the USA for consideration.
Speaking with the Daily Graphic in New York on the sidelines of the recent visit of the First Lady, Mrs Lordina Mahama, Ghana’s Ambassador to the USA, Lt General Henry Joseph Smith, said the proposals were being looked at for the necessary action to be taken.
He said although the country was going through a number of challenges lately, the fact that there was peace and security in the country had attracted more people to the embassy to express their desire to invest in Ghana.
He said potential investors were aware that the government was working tirelessly to resolve the power crisis.
Potential investors
According to the ambassador, potential investors knew that Ghana had accepted to go on the democratic path and for 23 years that it had embraced democracy, the country had been peaceful, saying that “the investors have been assured that the government is working on short and long-term plans to resolve the issue before the end of the year”.
Lt General Smith said as a nation, Ghana had achieved so much and all Ghanaians had to be proud of that and support the government to move the country to another level of its development.
The ambassador said the United States Department of Commerce and Trade and Investment had planned to embark on a trade mission to eight African countries including Ghana.
Strategic Hub
Lt. General Smith indicated that the vision of the government was to make Ghana the strategic hub on the African continent, and the whole world had seen that President Mahama was fighting to ensure peace, stability, security and development.
He said during his chairmanship of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), President Mahama did not rest but made every effort to ensure peace and security.
He recalled that during the Ebola outbreak in some parts of the region, President John Mahama exhibited a great leadership role by visiting the affected countries to prove to the whole world that even with the disease, one could still visit the affected countries and be safe.
Pledge of support
He said the United States Chamber of Commerce had pledged its support to the Lordina Foundation to enable it to reach out to more deprived people in the country.
In a letter to the First Lady through the Ghana Ambassador to the United States, the chamber called on Ghanaians to be proud of the First Lady, Mrs Mahama, and support her in all her endeavours.
Lt General Smith commended the First Lady and her foundation for working so hard to make a difference in the life of the underprivileged in society.
