The Government of Ghana has announced plans to double its effort to connect more towns and communities to the national electricity grid in 2022.

The West African nation, currently, has an electricity access rate of about 86.63 per cent.

In 2020, the government-connected a total of 162 communities to the national grid.

Currently, electricity connections to 512 communities are also at various stages of completion.

Presenting the 2022 Budget in Parliament on Wednesday, the country’s Minister for Finance, Ken Ofori Atta said: “In 2022, we will work to complete many such projects, and approximately 800 towns will be connected to the national grid under the SHEP-4, SHEP-5 and Turnkey Projects.” 

He added that the government would select 2,401 communities with a population of 400 and above to be connected to the national grid.

According to him, the government would also electrify island communities by constructing 10 mini-grids in 10 island communities, as well as supply and install solar home systems in 20 island and lakeside communities in 2022.

Source: https://energynewsafrica.com