Accra: "...there is no end in sight for the power crisis" - ECG, VRA

Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Volta River Authority (VRA) have confirmed that Ghanaians are to brace themselves up for more power outages, known in local parlance as ‘Dumsor’ as there is no end in sight for the power crisis. William Boateng and Samuel Fletcher, Public Relations Officers (PROs) of ECG and Volta River Authorities (VRA) respectively confirmed on Adom fm’s Burning Issues that the generators and distributors have no specific timelines on the ending of the power crisis.

 “We cannot give specific timelines on dumsor, dumsor and don’t know when it would end…,” they responded variously to the question as to whether Ghanaians should expect an end to the power crisis anytime soon.

Mr. Fletcher stated that he has always abstained from the use of the phrase ‘load shedding is ending anytime soon’ since there is no definite time for an end to the crisis. He also stated on the programme that the only time when he expects an improvement in the Ghana’s energy situation is when the country is able to produce more power to meet the growing demands.

 Hence hoped the return of gas supply from Nigeria to power the Asogli power plant and several other badges including the T3 in Takoradi would help improve the power situation in the country. Despite accepting that the ECG has no standardize timetable on the energy crisis, the ECG PRO assured that Ghanaians would receive a 24-hour supply of energy after having a power cut for the advertised 12 hours. Mr. Boateng further called on Ghanaians to report to the ECG if their lights do not come on after the stipulated 12 hours.