The former Minister for Power Dr Kwabena Donkor has warned that Ghana may return to the era of constant load shedding, popularly known as “dumsor”, if the government fails to invest in power generation.
He said the next two years is critical for Ghana if the Akufo-Addo government does not take crucial steps to enhance power generation.
“It behooves on some of us to draw the attention to policy makers that we need to increase power generation,” he said at a press conference on Monday (4 April).
The opposition lawmaker said the government is not making enough effort to meet the increasing power demand in the country, adding that it is only playing propaganda in the sector to “look good in the eyes of Ghanaians.”
“I believe I have a responsibility to draw this country’s attention to the danger we are facing,” he said. “Fortunately, the minister for energy when he took office stated that there was the need for new generation, most people did not take that statement he made seriously, but we are crippling towards the abyss.”
“It takes a minimum of three years to bring on stream a new thermal plant. We seem to be sleepwalking into a situation of possible power outages as a result of supply limitation.”
Listen to Donkor in the attached audio below:
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