Release 'dumsor' timetable – Agyeman-Duah tells government

The country has in the past months been experiencing erratic power cuts, otherwise known as 'dumsor'.

Though the power distribution company - Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) - has attributed the intermittent power supply disruptions to technical challenges, some Ghanaians and institutions including the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) think otherwise.

While the situation keeps aggravating, Governance Expert, Professor Baffuor Agyeman-Duah, has entreated the government to release a load-shedding timetable for Ghanaians to plan their lives.

In his view, government has not been proactive in resolving the power cuts issue.

Speaking on how government can remedy the situation in the interim on TV3's Ghana Tonight programme on Monday, April 22, 2024, Professor Agyeman-Duah said, “The wise thing to do is to issue a timetable."

“The government hasn’t been too active in seeking solutions to problems,” he stated.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission in March directed the Electricity Company of Ghana to furnish it with a load management timetable by April 2, 2024.

ECG’s management in reaction maintained that the power outages stem from technical difficulties and no formal load-shedding schedule will be implemented.

PURC subsequently fined ECG board members GH¢5.8 million for power cut violations.

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