Deputy Energy Minister Andrew Egyapa Mercer has announced that the challenges leading to recent power outages in the country have been completely resolved. 

He assured Ghanaians that there would be no more intermittent power outages, commonly referred to as ‘Dumsor,’ from Thursday, January 11, 2024.

In an interview with the media, Mr. Mercer stated that the Ministry of Finance had, on January 10, 2024, disbursed $10 million to the West African Gas Pipeline Company Limited (WAPCo) for gas supply, reinforcing the commitment to uninterrupted power supply. “What has happened over the past few days is that some obligation owed by GNPC to WAPCo was an issue. 

WAPCo threatened [and] GNPC made some initial payments [but] it wasn’t satisfactory. We requested the Ministry of Finance to top up. We had to go through some approval processes. 

“As of yesterday [Wednesday] evening the Ministry of Finance had approved a sum of 10 million to pay for a part of that debt. 

So that was the hiccup that we encountered that led to the power outages we encountered in the past few days. 

But that has been resolved.” Mr Mercer added “Yesterday, WAGCo said it was going to restore and that was accordingly made from the West to the East, to power plants in the East. 

And so there is no ‘dumsor’ to warrant the shedding.”

Meanwhile, Energy Expert Mr. Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku says the current state of the power challenges does not need any time table. 

He indicated the call for a timetable was coming from some individuals who are rather having no clue of the actual problem facing the energy sector of the country.

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