The main absorption party, the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called connected Energy Minister John Jinapor to publically code the worsening powerfulness situation successful the country.
The request comes amid ongoing erratic energy supply—commonly referred to arsenic dumsor—affecting parts of Ghana.
Speaking astatine a property league connected Thursday, 8th May, Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, criticised the authorities for what helium described arsenic its nonaccomplishment to code the nationalist vigor crisis.
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He warned that the unreliable powerfulness proviso is endangering businesses, livelihoods, and indispensable services.
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In his speech, helium described the archetypal 120 days of President John Mahama arsenic a nonaccomplishment and his societal declaration arsenic a “political bait.”
He continued:
The past 120 days we person seen persistent powerfulness outages, debased voltage and soundlessness successful the look of nationalist inconvenience. Not a azygous moment, a azygous time arsenic the Energy Minister addressed the Ghanaian radical connected the vigor crisis.
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Questioning the minister's absence, helium added:
Where is the Energy Minister? Is helium mislaid successful this darkness? We are taking a interaction airy looking for the Energy Minister. We cannot find the vigor minister. Mr. Energy Minister, wherever are you? Bring backmost our lights.
Afenyo-Markin further alleged that the worst is yet to come, informing that the situation could intensify during President Mahama’s 2nd term.
Across the country, businesses are grinding to a halt, industries are scaling backmost production, and hospitals are struggling to prevention lives without reliable electricity. Yet, alternatively of resolving these issues, the authorities responds by dismissing infirmary main executives.
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He urged the authorities to instrumentality urgent enactment to resolve the crisis and cautioned against making further excuses.
He besides called connected the Energy Minister to interruption his soundlessness and supply Ghanaians with a wide mentation and mode forward.
Ghana is erstwhile again confronting wide powerfulness outages, popularly known arsenic dumsor, a recurring vigor situation that has disrupted homes, businesses, and indispensable services crossed the country.
In caller weeks, galore regions person experienced erratic powerfulness proviso marked by unannounced blackouts, debased voltage, and prolonged energy cuts, raising concerns astir economical stableness and nationalist welfare.
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) person attributed the outages to a operation of method challenges, accrued demand, substance proviso shortages for thermal plants, and ongoing attraction works.
However, critics reason that mediocre planning, underinvestment successful the vigor sector, and deficiency of transparency are to blasted for the resurgence of the crisis.