A member of the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament, Edward Bawa, has criticized the lack of transparency from the Electricity Company of Ghana regarding the country’s power challenges.
He contends that instead of addressing the company’s shortcomings, the government has chosen to politicize the issue.
Bawa asserts that the ECG’s claims of localized power cuts throughout the year are false and that Ghana is facing a power generation deficiency that requires urgent attention.
“From the beginning of this year, mark my words and I am saying it on authority, up to Monday at 8:55, the total amount of the power that we had at available capacity was 3,407, the demand peak is 3,561 megawatts so it means that since the beginning of the year all the light off we have been seeing, you call ECG and they tell you that it is a localized problem. It is not true; we have a deficiency in our generation,” he was quoted by myjoyonline.com.
In addition, he said that rather than acting as though there was no issue, the business ought to have provided Ghanaians with a schedule to follow.
“So, if GridCo was transparent if the government was transparent, they should have given us a schedule. So that I know that in my area, if I am going to have light off, then I prepare for it.
“For the fact that for many years they have been singing this propaganda that they have not kept the lights off, so they are unable to deal with it,” he said.