Ghanaian social media commentator, Ibrah One has reacted to the recent power outages in the country and has made a humble appeal to award-winning rapper, Sarkodie to return all the money he took from Nana Addo to campaign for him during the 2020 general elections. Prior to the 2020 …
Read More »Kumasi: Dumsor is collapsing our business – Cold Store owners cry
Cold store operators at the Asafo Market in Kumasi, the Ashanti regional capital, say they are gradually losing their business due to the erratic power supply. According to them, they have had to dispose of hundreds of cartons of spoilt fish due to months of unreliable power supply. The traders …
Read More »Dumsor trends on Twitter after midnight electricity disruption
Dumsor trended on Twitter in the early hours of Sunday, April 4; when parts of the country experienced low currents and in other places total blackouts. Many Twitter users called out the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG; whiles others blamed government for refusing to admit that dumsor – power …
Read More »Dumsor in Kumasi may end in December – ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana has said power outages in some parts of the Ashanti region may continue until December this year. According to the Managing Director for the ECG, Kwame Agyemang Budu, the situation is a result of some construction works on the transmission lines in the region. “From …
Read More »GRIDCo’s financial crisis cause of recent ‘dumsor’ – Jinapor
John Jinapor is a former deputy minister The Minority caucus in parliament is accusing the government of deceit over the recent power outages being experienced in the country. Frustrations are intensifying over Ghana’s energy sector following unending power outages recorded in different parts of the country. With several homes without …
Read More »Ghana suffers nationwide power cut over ‘systems challenge’
Ghana has been hit with a nationwide power outage following a ‘challenge’ with the power systems, Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has announced. A statement by the power distributor Sunday afternoon said technicians are currently working to resolve the challenge. Some parts of the country have been experiencing power cuts in …
Read More »GRIDCo speaks after nationwide ‘dumsor’
The Ghana Grid Company Limited has said its technical team is working to restore power after some challenges led to a total shut down. This release comes after all parts of the country experienced interruption in power supply around 2:00pm on Sunday March 7, 2021. According to GRIDCo, the technical …
Read More »Check out the Areas that will Experience ‘Dumsor’ Today According to ECG
The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG will today Thursday August 13th undertake a planned maintenance service which will cause several areas in Kasoa and other parts of the Central and Greater Accra regions to experience power cuts. In a public notice initiated by the ECG, the planned maintenance will help …
Read More »Dumsor: Government starving GRIDCo, ECG of funds – Minority
The Minority in parliament has blamed the recent power outages on the failure of government to release funds to GRIDCo and ECG. Consumers of electricity have been complaining about intermittent outages in Accra, Kumasi, and other places in the country. In an interaction with the media in parliament, minority spokesperson …
Read More »7 hour Dumsor to hit parts of Accra from today
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a 7-hour dumsor in part of Accra beginning today, Monday, June 8, 2020. The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has explained that the power cuts are necessary to undertake planned maintenance works to improve service delivery The exercise is scheduled to end on Thursday, …
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