The Load Shedding Committee has a Happy New Year’s gift for Ghanaians- official announcement that load shedding is far from over.
Ex Power Minister Kwabena Donkor, perhaps in a last ditch attempt to save his job; announced on December 30 that the load shedding was over. It did not take long for the Ghana Grid Compamy to contradict his statement, saying the program is not yet over.
A few hours after Dr Donkor resigned over his blunder, the load shedding committee, headed by GRIDCo boss William Amuna, has made that position official. In a statement they announced that despite significant gains made, the program cannot be said to be over. Ergo, dumsor continues unabated.
So all those prayers about dumsor not being my portion in 2016 have gone to waste?
Read the statement below…
LOAD SHEDDING NOT OVER YET DESPITE SIGNIFICANT GAINS MADE
The load shedding committee wishes to inform the general public that steps being taken to permanently end the management of the power gap have produced significant gains.
This notwithstanding, we wish to state that there still exists residual milestones to be attained to end the load shedding as it relates to electricity supply. These are being addressed in earnest.
The committee will meet early in January, 2016 to further review the progress made. Ghanaians and industry will be apprised of the outcome of the meeting.
We wish to express our deepest appreciation to all stake holders for cooperating with the committee.
Signed: William Amuna, CEO GRIDCo.