The Energy Minister John Peter Amewu has assured that the power outages being experienced in parts of the country will be over in five days.
Some Ghanaians have expressed anger over the seeming sudden return of
power outages popularly known as ‘dumsor’ following the take over of ECG
by PDS.
But the Energy Minister during a tour of some substations in Accra on Thursday assured that the situation is under control.
“Definitely because of the construction work (Pokuase interchange) that
is ongoing, there is the need for them to halt the transmission of
power for this period and so these some of the problems but my
expectation thinking is that it is going to be completed within five
days. But we have put in measures to minimize the impact,” he told the
media.
Addressing the media at the Pokuase substation, CEO of GRIDco, Jonathan
Amoako Baah said another challenge which caused the blackout in most
parts of the country was as a result of the construction of the Pokuase
interchange.
According to him, they had to introduce new installations to ensure the
cables are safe and can allow free flow of traffic. He further assured
that their project will be completed in 5 days to bring relief to
Ghanaians.
Mr GRIDCo CEO assured that there is enough power to be supplied to the country
“Let me assure Ghanaians that dumsor is not back, we have enough power
to supply. After the construction works everything will return to the
reliability of supply that we have come to know over the last months”.
Power outages will be over in 5 days – Energy Minister
