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Most neighborhoods in Accra suffered power cuts on Tuesday and Wednesday.
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If Bongo's calculations are correct, on June 30, the country will return to the load shedding days, known locally as "dumsor".
To avoid this, Edward Bawa said the government must urgently present a plan to Parliament to pay off the debt of the public service agencies.
Edward Bawa wants a budget line to pay utilities
Speaking to Kojo Yankson on JOYNEWS 'AM Show on MultiTV, a member of the Parliament's Mining and Energy Committee, detailed the challenge facing the sector.
According to him, the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) which, until 1 March 2019, were the main distributors of energy, owed to the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) which provided them with the 39; electricity.
Even further, GRIDCo also owes energy generators, the Volta River Authority (VRA), he said.
The VRA is also responsible for the Ghana Gas Company, the state agency responsible for managing the infrastructure needed to collect, process, transport and market the country's natural gas resources.
What is the cause of the debts?
The former communications officer of the Ministry of Energy has bonded debts to the brutal fall of the cedi.
According to Bawa, utilities buy their resources in US dollars, but the final energy consumer pays the costs in cedi.
The gap between the dollar and the cedi therefore paralyzes the public services and generates debts in excess of one hundred thousand. From Thursday, the exchange rate is between 1 and 5.56 ¢.
Power outages in the city
The MP's badysis of the electricity situation follows a series of power outages across the country.
The inhabitants of some parts of the city had to sleep outside to resist the heat
On Tuesday, various parts of the capital were plunged into darkness for hours. The other suburbs of the city suffered the same fate Wednesday despite the badurances of the authorities.
Related: Parliament suspends session following "lights off"
Speaking of the same show, MPP MP for Sekondi, Andrew Mercer denied the argument of "liquidity problems" advanced by his colleague.
Andrew Mercer, [middle] believe that the power situation is just a technical problem
"If there were liquidity problems, it would remain, it would not be a problem of two days," insisted Mr. Mercer.
Most Ghanaians who have commented on social media are however not impressed by the development, most calling the new electricity distributors, the Power Distribution Services (PDS).
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