Declare dumsor now! – Minority in Akufo-Addo

General News of Friday, March 15, 2019

Source: clbadfmonline.com

2019-03-15

Through his spokesman on energy, Mr. Adam Mutawakilu, the minority in Parliament asked the President, Nana Addo, Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to officially declare the state of irregular feeding (Dumsor) in order to to allow Ghanaians to plan their lives properly and not be surprised. recent electricity supply difficulties in some parts of Ghana.

On Tuesday, March 12, 2019, a widespread blackout occurred in parts of the country, including in the west and central Accra, as well as in the northern part of Ghana.

Although the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) apologized and badured the public that it would continue to work with all stakeholders in the energy sector to provide adequate supplies to its customers. customers, the situation worsened on Wednesday, March 13, 2019.

Although the government attributed the blackout to technical problems, the minority insists that the problem stems from financial difficulties in the electricity sector.

S addressing reporters on Thursday, March 14, 2019, Mr Mutawakilu said: "We do not have money, we miss a generation and, as a result, GRIDCo has had to and since November, we have always had load shedding, but they have not been generalized as it was the day before yesterday and yesterday, and at the moment we are talking about many other areas continue to live it.

"There is a huge lack of more than 1,000 megawatts and that's where we are. And I want President Nana Akufo-Addo to formally declare herself a dummy and set a load shed schedule so that Ghanaians who want to stock food or protect their gadgets can do so, because that's very devastating. The companies were suddenly closed and he must do what is honorable by officially declaring that we have dumsor.