Ghana: There Is No Load Shedding, Ongoing Maintenance Is To Ensure Supply Reliability – Energy Ministry

Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has dismissed claims that the country is rationing electricity, insisting that Ghana’s power generation capacity remains stable despite recent outages in some communities.

According to the ministry, the energy sector is currently more stable than what the government inherited.

Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on Monday, February 23, Richmond Rockson, Spokesperson and Head of Communications at the ministry, said the government has not engaged in load shedding over the past 10 to 11 months.

He explained that although the current administration inherited a power generation deficit of about 700 megawatts in December 2024, the shortfall has since been addressed.

“As a government, we have not been shedding load over the past 10 to 11 months. Our generation capacity has been enhanced. What we are doing as a government is that even though we took over a deficit of 700 megawatts in December 2024, that has been overturned. We’ve managed to ensure that our generation capacity is intact,” he stated.

Mr. Rockson acknowledged that some communities have experienced recent power challenges but stressed that the issues are area-specific and not a result of insufficient generation.

He mentioned Achimota, Dodowa, parts of Akweteyman, Tesano, and Adenta as some of the areas that recorded temporary disruptions in recent days.

According to him, many of the challenges in these communities have largely been resolved, and residents should expect a stable power supply going forward.

“We’ve recognised that there have been a number of issues over the last few days, and those issues are area-specific. As a ministry, we’ve taken notice that areas like Achimota have had some issues. Dodowa has had some issues, parts of Akweteyman, Tesano in the last couple of days—and let me add Adenta to it. The good news is that these challenges have largely been resolved in some of these areas, and so we expect that residents there will have stable power supply,” Mr. Rockson said.

The ministry maintains that the recent interruptions are linked to maintenance and localised technical issues rather than a return to nationwide load shedding.