Be Honest With Ghanaians About Power Challenges - Jinapor To Government

The Ranking Member of Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, John Jinapor says the government must be candid with Ghanaians about the challenges of the power sector and also stop being evasive. The former deputy Minister of the Energy and Petroleum also said Ghanaians must be made fully aware of the situation and be assured of the government’s efforts to address

them. Somebody is not telling us the truth and in this difficult moment, when all people are struggling, there ought to be clarity and certainty. If indeed power is not adequate in the terms of the transmission line, tell all the people of Ghana and then assure us also of what you are doing, he said. Since the beginning of the year, many parts of Ghana have also seen the power supply

challenges including long periods of outage, low current and intermittent outages. Some have reported that they have lost electrical appliances due to the development. This has reintroduced discussions about the country  being on the path of return to the days of the dreaded power outages popularly known as ‘dumsor.’ There have also been several calls on the government and agencies

within the power sector to make public a schedule for the outages to help people plan but the government says what is being experienced is due to the ongoing maintenance works and not ‘dumsor’ as claimed. John Jinapor, says the current issues have a lot to do with financial challenges being faced by power transmitters, GRIDCo. He also said that problem must be dealt with

urgently as the power situation in the country continues to worsen. He also said when the National Democratic Congress was faced with a similar challenge while in power also, a roundtable meeting was held involving all stakeholders in the the power sector to brainstorm and develop a lasting solution, and hence proposed that the Akufo Addo government does same and come out to

communicate very clearly with the public on the way forward. Let’s get honest, lets tell the people that we have a real challenge and this is the situation and we  are working around it. I think when we do that there will be clarity and certainty, he also said. He further said the government must also desist from giving conflicting the information about the situation and ensure that it comes clean on the issues to Ghanaians.