By Bruce Misbahu Bulmuo
Ghana’s electricity crisis may not be over despite the addition of over 400 megawatt from the Bui hydro-power generation station to the national electricity grid, and 2014 would continue to witness what has become known as “dumso dumso” in local parlance.
This prediction was made by the founder and general overseer of the New Jerusalem Chapel at Sokoban-Ampeyoo, near Kumasi, Bishop John Yaw Adu, who said major water bodies, such as the Black and White Voltas would dry up in the course of the year.
He said this during a watch night service to usher in 2014 at the church, where worshippers prayed and danced to offer praises and thanks to God for guiding them through year 2013, a period marked by political tension.
He said the drying up of the lakes and rivers would bring hardship in the country, especially to communities that live near these water sources.
He described 2013 as a bad luck era in the annals of Ghana and worse things could have happened last year, but for the intervention of the religious communities, including Christians and Muslims, who prayed and sort the mercies of God to save the country from going up in flames.
Bishop Adu had during a watch night church service on 31st December 2012 prophesied that market fires and deadly road accidents would plague the country and the dispute over the election results would bring the country to the verge of anarchy. These and other prophesies by him have come to pass.
He predicted again that all would not be well with the country, as road accidents are not yet a thing of the past and the incidence of market fires would rear its ugly head once again.
He said Ghana needs to return to God and change her ways to be able to reap the full benefits of what God has in store for the nation.
He praised the presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2012 elections, Nana Akufo Addo, for his display of maturity and statesmanship by accepting the verdict of the Supreme Court that went against him.
Bishop Adu said this singular decision by Nana Addo has saved the country from going the way other countries have. He also prayed for President John Dramani Mahama to lead the country to prosperity in 2014.
On the international community, he revealed that tension would continue to be high in places like Syria and the rest of the Middle East and this drive up the price of crude oil, which would then affect developing countries.