Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition – Mr John Abdulai Jinapor – is pushing for the West African nation to make it mandatory for all ministries to introduce the use of electric vehicles into their transport pool.
According to him, a memo will soon be submitted to cabinet for a decision to be taken to ensure that electric vehicles are introduced by all government institutions to reduce vehicles that use fossil fuel in Ghana.
He disclosed this when he delivered a keynote address at the launch of the Energy Commission’s Solar-powered Electric Vehicle Charging Station on Wednesday, June 25, 2025.
“My Ministry of Energy is also submitting a memo to cabinet where all ministries will be provided with EV vehicles so that all ministers will drive EV vehicles within Ghana, and we intend to extend that to other government agencies so that, in Accra, we use EV as a catalyst to encourage the public to adopt the use of EV vehicles,” he stated.
Mr Jinapor, who is also the Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawgu, noted that the transition to EV vehicles is environmental decision, as well as economic one, arguing that EV buses and vehicles have lower operational cost compared to fossil fuel.
In this respect, he said, they would work with state-owned GOIL and the private sector to build EV charging stations across all urban corridors in its fuel leading filling stations to encourage the patronage of EV vehicles.
He revealed that the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition was working with the Ministry of Environment and other allied agencies to ensure a smooth assimilation of the EV vehicles project to protect the environment from further destruction.
He also urged all stakeholders in the energy, environment and transportation value chain to embrace this laudable initiative to help Ghana move swiftly from over reliance on fossil fuel energy which has proven to be environmentally unsustainable to a cleaner and more cost effective way of protecting our environment.
“Let us work together to scale up this infrastructure, incentivise adoption and imbibe sustainability at the heart of transport and energy system and government will provide all the incentives to the private sector.
“Government alone cannot do this. The private sector should take advantage of this transition drive and invest in this sector, backed by regulatory and policy directives to excel,” he tasked them.
“Together, let us power Ghana through a clean future-efficient and sustainable manner,” Mr Jinapor further stressed.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
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