Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, says the unstable power situation in the country should return to some level of normalcy from today [Saturday], February 25, 2017.
According to him, the recent unplanned power cuts experienced in various parts of Accra and other parts of the country, was as a result of technical works on some of the country’s power plants.
He said although the remedial works was to end on Monday, it had to be extended because some works were still outstanding.
A press release signed by the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), and the Volta Region Authority (VRA) earlier in January, announced the shutdown of the Ghana Gas Company for some remedial works to increase the country’s generation capacity.
The release assured Ghanaians that, the development would not result in unplanned power cuts popularly known as ‘dumsor’.
But reports gathered by Citi News indicates that several areas, especially in Accra, have in the last few weeks suffered power cuts.
The Minister for Energy, Boakye Agyarko in an interview on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News, said “we have gone through from 1st February till now with very minimal disruption. We should have come to the end of the program on Feb 23rd, however Tullow, the field operator, requested a couple of days extension to do the peak testing and so it moved from 21st to 24th February. Today [Friday], is the day when we come to the end of the disruptions and this evening we start the flow of gas, which brings us to our normal state.”
“We’ve gone through two days of disruptions but I can tell Ghanaians that that is the end of the disruptions,” he added.
Meanwhile, the end of the remedial works indicates that, the process to connect the TEN fields to the Atuabo plant has been completed with a significant increase in the amount of natural gas produced to run the power generating facilities at Aboadze, to improve the overall reliability of power supply to the general public.
Source: citifmonline.com
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Someone should tell the Minister to be mindful of his statements. You can't ride the monster with noise, tame it and let Ghanaians see your worth. Infact too much talking will get you into trouble...
We need power more than anything. We are happy to hear that more gas will flow from Atuabo Aboadze.
Peacefm why are you hiding this article about dumsor. Has nana addo paid you to do that. Place this article among your top topics and stop hiding serious articles.
this agyarko man talks too much.according to the ACEP man it is no longer dumsor but sor ma yenhwe.go and attack the problem which you claimed was more of financial than technical. ***barred word***!
Politics are utter ediots. When they want power they blame even genuine problems on their opponents. When mahama was in power, he told Ghanaians that some of the dumsor problem was because of repair work being undertaken, yet for political expediency people like agyarko said its as a result of incompetence. Can you imagine, today, he is in charge and is telling Ghanaians the same things that John mahama told Ghanaians. Can we say nana Addo and agyarko are also incompetent for the current dumsor being experienced across the country. It is high time we tell the citizens the truth and stop the unnecessary political position we take in genuine matters. I believe nana Addo wouldn't want Ghanaians to suffer dumsor, and I certainly know John mahama never wished same for Ghanaians. But there are always problems such as maintenance of machines and equipment which should be done regularly and these can lead to dumsor. Financial difficulties can also lead to dumsor as well as shortage of fuel to power plants. Sometimes these are not as result of incompetence. Thank God he has taken this burden from the head of John mahama to enable him chill in South Africa. Today he is the best political leader in Africa. Tell me God is not alive. Even Jesus was called names, so if NPP said all sorts of things against John Mahama it's not a big deal. Long him ndc, long live Ghana.
Thanks be to God.
Can you be our next president?