Declare the return of the dumsor and release the offload schedule – Mutawakilu

General News on Thursday, March 14, 2019

Source: citinewsroom.com

2019-03-14

The minority in Parliament wants the government to be frank with Ghanaians and publishes a schedule for reducing charges following recent power outages across the country.

According to Adam Mutawakilu, minority spokesperson on mining and energy, the recent blackouts reflect the financial difficulties of the energy sector due to government mismanagement of the sector.

Adam Mutawakilu said that a load shedding schedule should be announced to help at least consumers plan their activities and use of electricity.

"Last night, I slept in the dark. You know that the minority raised the question of its return to Dumsor and in November GRIDCo gave the same explanation that it was due to technical problems and I said that it is because we do not have money … is not as widespread as it was the day before and, as we speak, many other regions are still living it.

"There is a huge shortage of 1,000 megawatts and I hope that President Nana Akufo-Addo officially declares the dumsor and publishes a load shed schedule, as this is causing a lot of damage to businesses and he must act honorably by declaring it officially. . "

Many parts of the country have been affected by a power outage in the past two days.

Grid closures

This is the fourth time in three years that Ghana is facing almost complete network shutdowns.

In all these cases, the system operator – The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) – did not explain in detail the events that occurred to the Ghanaian public.

Power to normalize within five days – Amewu

Energy Minister Peter Amewu said Ghanaians will have to suffer power cuts for another five days.

The minister blamed recent failures on technical challenges and building an interchange in Pokuase, Accra, adding that the difficulties would be corrected within the next five days.

"Certainly because of construction work in progress [at Pokuase] there is a need for them [companies in the power distribution chain] to stop the transmission of power for this period. So these are some of the problems they face. "

"You can see the progress of the work and I expect it to be completed in about five days, but we have taken steps to minimize the impact." C & # 39; is one of the main causes of interruption.The problem was caused by technical problems, "badured Amewu.