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Company News of Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Source: primenewsghana.com
2019-03-26
The transmission lines according to the reports were destroyed by an unknown person
The Ministry of Energy has opened an investigation on Monday tower of the GRIDCo tower that has affected the power supply in some parts of the country.
Peter Amewu, Minister of Energy, informed the media after the incident that a committee is in place to investigate and find the perpetrators of the act.
He also felt that the action of these strangers is a sabotage of the government.
"The site is supposed to be protected by all the national security, we expect a certain level of protection of the national strategic badets of this country, it is a complete sabotage, we have set up information and a committee is in place to open immediate inquiries and these authors will have to book. "
In response to the minister's sabotage, minority spokesperson on energy, Adam Mutawakilu, said the ministry should expand the scope of its investigations to find the real cause.
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Strangers ransacked one of the towers located near the headquarters of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), which transmits energy from Karpower and AKSA to the national grid.
The incident occurred Monday at dawn and officials from the Ghana Grid Company discovered it when they showed up for work. The incident is likely to affect the power supply in most areas of Tema and surrounding areas.
GRIDCo's general manager, Jonathan Amoako-Baah, who confirmed the incident to Energy News Africa, said he was shocked by the reason why someone else might do the same.
The director of systems control at GRIDCo, Mark Baah is stunned by the incident. "A human being deliberately cut it. It's amazing. I have never seen anything like it.
According to him, the enclave of Tema will probably have no power in the evening, he added. GRIDCo has opened investigations into the impact of this problem and is identifying the areas of the country that will be affected.
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