By Senior Presidential Advisor Yaw Osafo-Maafo asserted that the responsibility for releasing a load-shedding timetable lies with the Energy Minister.
He stressed that the energy minister, being in charge of generation, holds the sole authority to issue such directives.
Additionally, he mentioned that implementing a load-shedding timetable is within the realm of possibility.
“To publish the rationing of the power, nobody can do it except the Minister of Energy because he is seeing the generation and they [ECG] are looking at the utilization. So, they can look at it and say that in this particular area, this is how it should be done.
“But it is something which can be done because it is what you have and what you have to use and the spread it,” the Senior Presidential Advisor said on the sidelines of a forum on open government partnerships and construction sector transparency in Accra, on Tuesday, April 23.
Dr. Opoku Prempeh has dismissed calls for a timetable, arguing that the country is not currently experiencing power outages.
Meanwhile, Majority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has assured that the government is actively addressing the intermittent power disruptions. Afenyo-Markin expressed confidence in the government’s capability to effectively manage and resolve the situation, citing past instances where similar challenges were successfully overcome under the current administration.
Speaking to reporters in Accra on Friday, April 19, the Effutu MP underscored the government’s track record of ensuring a reliable power supply, even amidst challenging conditions.
For several months, Ghana has been grappling with ‘Dumsor’, leading to businesses expressing concerns over its negative impacts.
