Vice-Presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mathew Opoku-Prempeh has refuted public assertion that the country is facing power crisis.
The Energy Minister, who was speaking at his unveiling as running-mate to the NPP flagbearer, insisted that the frequent power outages experienced in recent times were occasioned by transmission faults and the need to undertake maintenance of power plants.
“It’s not true that there’s dumsor in Ghana. We take off the lights to maintain the system. If you stay here in the Ashanti Region, you would agree that the power situation is better now. So how can anybody say it is power crisis?”
Some parts of Ghana particularly the cities of Accra and Kumasi have been plagued with unstable power supply since February this year, crippling businesses and making life unbearable.
Many power consumers had called for a load-shedding timetable in order to manage their daily activities and reduce the impact of the seeming crisis.
But the power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Energy Minister had maintained that the situation was temporary and did not necessitate a schedule.
Dr. Opoku-Prempeh, in March this year, challenged those demanding a timetable to publish one themselves.
He insisted that there was no power crisis and did not understand “Why would somebody wake up and wish evil and wish bad for the country”.
He has maintained his position, stating that the situation is not same as the dreaded power crisis Ghana faced between 2014 and 2016.
