The Ministry of Energy has explained that a major repair works on the gas pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana is the cause of power interruptions [dumsor] currently being experienced in some parts of Ghana.
According to the Ministry of Energy, the repair works were almost complete and by the end of the first week of March 2020, the power supply will return to normal.
Mr Owuraku Aidoo explained in a radio interview on Accra based Joy FM, monitored by Graphic Online on Tuesday evening [February 25, 2020], that on January 18th, 19th and 20th, the Ministry of Energy announced through the media that “there was going to be major works on the pipeline, the 500 km pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana which supplies gas to mainly the Tema enclave, that there was going to be cleaning out [in] the gas pipeline and check on the integrity of the inner lining of the gas pipeline.”
He said it was also announced that there might well be some interruptions.
Explaining why the announced arrangements to ensure there was no difficulty with electricity supply during the repair works did not work, Mr Owuraku Aidoo said: “Of course we shouldn’t forget that we are dealing with machinery here.”
The Deputy Minister said it was the hope of the Ministry that the work would have gone on without Ghanaians noticing any difficulty in power supply.
He urged customers experiencing fluctuations to report to their local ECG offices for it to be rectified because that has got nothing to do with generation, it is a distribution problem which can be sorted out locally when reported.
Source:Fiilafmonline/Graphic
