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Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobbey, former Chief Executive Officer of the Volta River Authority (VRA) says it will be unreasonable to think of exporting power to other countries. He was reacting to President John Dramani Mahama�s assertion that �with the rate of work currently ongoing at the Takoradi 2 Thermal Power Project (T2) in Aboadze, Ghana will soon be a net exporter of power if it achieves its target of 5,000 megawatts of power by 2016.� Speaking on Peace FM�s Kokrokoo morning show of Thursday April 11, 2013, Dr. Wereko-Brobbey emphasized that Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana�s first President, did not �go for money to construct the Akosombo Dam for power to be exported� �We should not export power like the way we export cocoa and timber; it is not reasonable to do that. Why export power when we are to use it to increase our economy. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah didn�t go for money to construct a dam, produce energy so that we export it. We are to use it to rather produce things for export. We should never think or talk about exporting power�� Dr. Wereko-Brobbey reiterated the fact that when electric power is exported, it yields no dividend for the country; however �when we use the power to produce for instance chocolate out of cocoa and export, �that is when we can get value for money�