President
John Mahama of Ghana, yesterday October 1st, 2014 said that
there are plans by his government to commence electricity exportation to
Nigeria and other West African countries. He said this while speaking at
the Global Business and Economic Forum in Dubai.
"We
have given priority to electricity generation in our country. We have
prioritized 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.
He said to achieve
this, his country secured export-import financing from China and also got
special funds from Abu Dhabi to commence series of power generation projects.
He added that development of a third hydropower dam was already at an advanced
stage in Ghana.
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