Ghana’s Ministry of Energy has debunked claims by the Minority Parliamentarians that the government stopped the power transmission company’s (GRIDCo) plan to publish a nationwide load shedding timetable.
According to the Ministry, the current power situation in the country does not warrant nationwide loading shedding.
“For the record, there has been no nationwide load shedding in the country, neither has there been an attempt to embark on one because there is no need to,” a statement issued by the Ministry on Thursday explained.
The West African nation has been experiencing an intermittent power supply since the beginning of 2021.
The power transmission company, GRIDCo, has blamed the situation on a number of issues including ongoing upgrading of its transmission network in order to be able carry more loads.
At a press conference addressed by the former Deputy Minister for Power and Ranking Member of Mines and Energy Committee in Parliament, John Abdulai Jinapor alleged that GRIDCo was stopped by the government from publishing a nationwide load shedding timetable.
However, a statement issued by the Ministry rejected this claim.
The Ministry blamed the situation on ongoing projects being undertaken to strengthen the power sub-sector.
“The only reason these outages are being carried is to allow for the contractors to tie in their works into the existing transmission lines. It is, therefore, false to claim, as the Minority in Parliament has, that political pressure has been brought to bear on the publishing of a load shedding timetable,” the Ministry said.
Below is the full statement from the Ministry of Energy
