The
United States (US) is supporting the nation’s power sector with an
investment of $497 million to aid its transformation - to assure the
people and businesses of reliable electricity supply.
Mr. Robert
Porter Jackson, the US Ambassador, said this was coming under the
“President Obama’s Power Africa Initiative”, designed to boost
electrical power supply across the continent.
He noted that
inadequate and erratic energy flow was unhelpful to economic growth and
said it was for this reason that every effort must be made to radically
improve the energy situation.
The Ambassador was addressing
students and faculty members of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science
and Technology (KNUST), in Kumasi.
He was in the city to interact
and explain to sections of the population including the traditional
authorities, his country’s policy towards Ghana in the areas of
education, health, good governance, peace and security.
Mr.
Jackson said they were determined to give strong backing to trade and
investment promotion to create wealth and jobs for the people.
He
expressed satisfaction with the increase in regional trade in
agricultural products resulting from the USAID’s West Africa Trade Hub
and the Feed the Future programme.
“We want to help create the environment in which businesses thrive.”
He
pledged continued support for initiatives to roll back malaria, improve
nutrition and control the spread of HIV/AIDS infection. |
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