Government has described as false, claims by the NPP flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that the Kufuor administration added 560 megawatts of power to the national grid before leaving office in 2009.

Nana Akufo Addo announced at the recent IEA Presidential debate that the Kufour administration also planned to increase generation capacity to 5000 megawatts by 2012.

But Deputy Energy Minister Inusah Fuseini in a reaction said the Kufuor administration failed to add a single megawatt of electricity to the existing power stock during it two terms.

He told a news conference on Friday that the 80 megawatt of electricity added in 2007 was initiated by a consortium of mining companies and not the Kufuor administration.

“NPP never added a single megawatt to the electric capacity of our power system; indeed it was in 2007 that the mines reserved plant with an installed capacity of 80 megawatts was added to the national grid through a consortium of mining companies in Ghana.

“Subsequently not a single generating plant came on string before the NPP government left office in December 2008 therefore it cannot be true or accurate to state that Kufuor era added 560 megawatt to the National grid” Hon. Fuseini said.

Alhaji Inusah Fuseini also announced that the current load shedding for off peak periods will be stopped by Monday November 5.