HAITI: The President-elect tackles the problem of electricity across the country

President-elect Joseph Michel Martelly, tackles the problem of supply and distribution of electricity throughout the country







Noting that only one in ten Haitian is connected to the grid, the President-elect focuses on the case to quickly remedy this situation, which leaves more than 8 million Haitians darkness.





To this end, the elected president will travel this Thursday, May 12 in Les Cayes to visit a facility offered by Canada and by late morning, he visited the facilities of the ED'H in Port-au-Prince to learn directly challenges facing the institution.



Martelly President expressed his support for the ongoing review by the Council for the Modernization of Public Enterprises (CMEP), to determine how to solve the problem of electricity in the country and eliminate the coup, the burden of grant from the Treasury to support the budget of the institution.



CMEP has already begun evaluating options to reform and modernize the sector. The Haitian government can no longer afford to pay more than $ 100 million annually to fund the operations of the ED'H. These funds could fund new housing projects, construction of better schools and ensure a better future for our youth.





The change will require a new direction in ED'H. To facilitate this process, the CMEP and the Government of Haiti will engage Haitian and international experts to work with ED'H over the next two years to improve service delivery and reduce financial losses. These measures will also improve the working conditions of employees and introduce ED'H engineers and company personnel and modern technology.



"This is a first step in the process that aims to improve the efficient functioning of institutions, institutions of redress unless performance, and offer new opportunities for companies and households. All this is ED'H a stronger, better equipped, with a service capacity to provide adequately for the needs of the population, "said President-elect.





Commerce, hospitals, universities, schools, police stations need energy to provide essential services to the population. Companies need electricity continuously to increase productivity and create jobs. Students and scholars need electricity to do their homework. Electricity can not be a luxury.