The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, says the government is planning to add more than 1,000 megawatts of power generation capacity in Kumasi as part of efforts to boost Ghana’s energy sector and support industrial growth.
He says Kumasi is increasingly becoming a key centre for both commerce and energy development due to its location and growing economic activity.
Speaking during an engagement in Kumasi, Dr Jinapor said the city is fast evolving into an industrial and energy hub.
“Kumasi is becoming not just a commercial hub, it is becoming an energy industrial hub. Very soon, we are going to have more than 1,000 megawatts situated here in Kumasi. So it’s a strategic location,” he said.
He added that ongoing investments in the city form part of broader efforts to strengthen infrastructure and promote industrialisation.
“So really here is becoming an industrial hub and like I said, this is my second time coming here but this is my third time. I visited here in the night… it’s not every time I want the media to capture everything you are doing. So we are doing a lot in Kumasi,” he noted.
