The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has issued a notice regarding scheduled power outages that will affect over 25 areas or communities within the Accra East and West regions.
Among the affected areas are Ghana Steel, Palace Mall, Furniture Citi, Lovely Transport, Kpone Barrier, Kingdom Transport, GPHA Terminal (Kpone), Sethi Realty, Abodakpi Farms, and Kpone Dump Site.
The rest are Bediako, Golf City and its environs. Additional areas include Kwabenya, Agbogba, Maryera, part of Teiman, Ayi Mensah, Katapor, Top Herbal, Bohye, Abloradjei, Pure Water, Pokuase Township, Fountain Gate and surrounding areas.
In a statement issued on Thursday, the ECG apologized to its customers in both regions. The company attributed the outages to a shortfall in power supply by the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to their Pokuase Bulk Supply Point and the Smelter 2 Bulk Supply Point.
The timeline for restoring power to these areas remains uncertain, causing frustration among many Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) customers. They have voiced their dissatisfaction with the lack of a clear timetable from the power distributor, which would help them plan accordingly.
These power outages have elicited anger among Ghanaians, particularly in light of comments made by the Minister for Energy, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh. The Minister asserted that there is no ‘dumsor’ (persistent power outages), suggesting there is no necessity for a timetable.
Despite the worsening situation, neither GRIDCo nor ECG has offered any explanation to the public, a move that many stakeholders consider unfortunate.
STORY BY ; PORTIA AKU SHIKA GAFAH
