A leading member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Tony Aidoo, has criticised the governing party over claims that they are responsible for ending the energy crisis when it was actually ended by the Mahama administration.

Speaking on the Super Morning Show on Thursday, March 24, 2022, he described such claims as "sheer propaganda."

He stated that President Akufo-Addo and his Vice, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, cannot claim credit for this achievement because the erstwhile Mahama administration had already set the foundation before exiting office.

"...the benefits were not felt during his [Mahama] time but the foundations were put there by him," he stressed.

He was contributing to discussions on the Patriotism Series as part of the Ghana Month Celebrations on the Super Morning Show.

The comment also follows the debate on who has managed the economy better between the Akufo-Addo and Mahama administrations.

Both parties have been touting their achievements and claiming to be better than the other.

The ruling New Patriotic Party has been claiming credit for ending the erratic power cuts, also known as 'Dumsor,' which was previously being experienced across the country.

A former Energy Minister, John Peter Amewu, in 2020 had noted that the good investment in the energy sector made by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo brought an end to the erratic power supply Ghanaians witnessed during the four years of the Mahama administration.

He explained that President Akufo-Addo made the right choices with respect to human capital and other investment opportunities in the energy sector to tackle the canker.

But Dr Tony Aidoo has contested this claim and others which suggest that the ruling party is responsible for ending the energy crisis.

He stated that the former President had attempted to resolve the crisis fully, however, the approach couldn't yield the expected results before his term expired.

"President Mahama and his administration faced difficult times, in terms of the energy crisis. The methods of solving that energy crisis took so long in my opinion.

"Instead of attempting to solve it at one stroke at a point in time when the economy needed the energy input, he should have done it in installments. That’s why the benefits were not felt during his time but the foundations were put there by him," he emphasised.

Then "you [the Akudo-Addo administration] come and you’re enjoying the fruits of that foundation and throw rhetorics and claim credit for it, that's propaganda" he said.