The Energy Minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, stated that the power outages, known as ‘dumsor’, occurred solely during the previous John Mahama administration.
During the Government Assurances Committee meeting in Accra on Friday, May 3, Dr. Opoku Prempeh emphasized that the current power issues are a result of efforts to address existing energy challenges.
“…I told you that when I got to the Ministry we’ve gone past the era where we had 72 to 96 days of lights out and six hours of lights on. We are in the era of ‘dum siesie’ which is profoundly different from dumsor.”
“Dumsor as inflicted on Ghanaians has only happened as characterised his excellency John Dramani Mahama’s governance. He is the only president on record that for four years that he reigned, for four years that he ruled, for four years that he governed, there was ‘dum dum dum.’ If the non-partisan colleague says that now it is worse, then I don’t know where his realities lie,” he stated.
Oti Bless, the Ranking Member on the Government Assurances Committee of Parliament, countered that former President Mahama was the only president who took responsibility for addressing the dumsor crisis before the end of his tenure.
Despite President Akufo-Addo’s announcement that the power crisis had been resolved, many areas across the country are still facing inconsistent power supply.