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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has suspended the release of the load shedding time table. The suspension of the release of the time table means that Ghanaians will have to deal with unannounced power outages. According to the ECG, the time table has been put on hold for further consultation with stakeholders. Ghana is currently undergoing a load shedding exercise due to the interruption of gas supply from Nigeria to Ghana through the West African Gas pipeline. The interruption was caused by labour unrests in Nigeria as workers have laid down their tools. According to the head of Public Relations at the ECG, William Boateng, gas has not been supplied to Ghana since Tuesday and the Asogli Thermal plant has also been shut down because it depends solely on gas. He said, a meeting will be conveyed with stakeholders in the energy sector to get a better understanding of the situation in order to release an accurate time table. He appealed to Ghanaians to hold on a while because �we don�t have to do something that customers will not use it or will not be of any value to customers and that is why we decided to hold on.�