When will Dumsor end? – Here are 3 discordant government deadlines

Dumsor refers to scheduled power outages

The continuous power outages have been called dumsor by a large section of society, even as the government insists that it is a challenge whose end is in sight.

While the blackouts under the former John Dramani Mahama administration lasted for years, the then government is credited with providing a timetable compared to the current situation where the government has refused to provide one.

According to GhanaWeb tracking, there are so far three dates regarding when the current dumsor will end.

In the next few days:

The Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Herbert Krapa, hinted in a recent Facebook post that the issue will be resolved within days.

A Facebook post from Wednesday, April 24, 2024 reads: “As I said today on Kaleo, during the commissioning of the VRA 15 MW solar plant, the Government has implemented immediate measures to ensure the return of uninterrupted power supply. power to consumers. Therefore, I can affirm that the unfortunate power challenges facing Ghanaians should end in the coming days.

“We have full confidence that the measures being implemented will resolve the service interruptions. We empathize with all consumers and apologize unreservedly for the effects of the outages on our daily lives. Please bear with us. “We are fixing it and we are almost there,” Herbert Krapa’s post read.

Dumor will end at the end of April

Dr. Gideon Boako, economic adviser and spokesperson for the vice president, said earlier this week that power outages across the country will soon end.

He was very optimistic that the electricity problems faced by the population will no longer exist by the end of this month.

“From the information I have and from where I am, I know that the power outages will probably end at the end of this month,” he said on Peace FM’s “Kokrokoo” morning show.

‘Dumsor’ will end in May – Ayeh-Paye

A former chairman of Parliament’s Roads and Transport Committee, Samuel Ayeh-Paye, had earlier revealed that intermittent power cuts will end in May this year.

According to him, the government is working hard to solve the challenges of the energy sector.

Speaking on Joy Prime Morning, Ayeh-Paye said: “We have kept the light on for the last seven years. “What has been happening is just some cuts we are working on, and we want to assure them (Ghanas) that by the end of next month (May), we will not see these things again.”

ECG on calendar and causes of interruptions.

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

In March, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) ordered the Ghana Electricity Company to provide it with a load management schedule by April 2, 2024.

ECG management reacted by maintaining that the power outages are due to technical difficulties and that no formal load shedding schedule will be implemented.

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

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