By Albert Dwumfour, President of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA), contends that the nation is more effectively managing the power crisis, commonly referred to as ‘dumsor,’ with a schedule in place rather than without it. This perspective contrasts with the statement made by the Minister for Energy, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, who claims that the current administration is actively resolving the power crisis, known as ‘dum sie sie.’
However, the GJA President holds a contrary opinion. During an interview on Starr Chat with Bola Ray on Thursday, he expressed disagreement with the Minister’s assertion, stating that Ghanaians and media outlets are facing exacerbated challenges under the current leadership’s management of the power crisis.
“The power supply cannot be taken for granted, you can’t say that it is ‘dum sie sie’ (fixing the power crisis) what is ‘dum sie sie’? We will be better off under ‘dumsor’ than ‘dum sie sie’. Because ‘dumsor’ comes with a schedule or timetable.
“My people from the media perspective will appreciate it if there is a schedule. Look this is affecting equipment and transmission time and all that. Assuming you don’t have the capacity to purchase an industrial generator, automatic switch, and all that. You will just be there and the power will go off. How do you serve the people?” Mr. Dwumfour quizzed.
He continued: “We serve as the bridge between the government and the people and we are supposed to serve the people with the government’s policies. If we break down and are unable to discharge that duty we will be doing a great disservice to this nation and it will affect our democracy.”
