Dumsor is not back - Deputy Energy Minister-Designate

Accra, Ghana - 25 Feb, 2025 - Ghana's Deputy Energy and Green Transition Minister-Designate, Richard Gyan-Mensah, has downplayed concerns about the return of widespread power outages, known locally as "dumsor".

Speaking to Parliament's Appointments Committee, Gyan-Mensah acknowledged that some areas have experienced localized power cuts, but insisted that these are not indicative of a nationwide crisis.

Gyan-Mensah emphasized that the current power interruptions are largely due to ongoing maintenance work on various power plants. He assured that once these works are completed, the outages will subside.

The government, he reiterated, remains committed to preventing the resurgence of "dumsor".

“I want to assure my brother that ‘dumsor’ is not back. We all experienced the period of dumsor, and we know what we went through in terms of even the time when the light goes off. There were schedules and all those things.

“What we see now, I can’t deny the fact that there have been some pockets of lights going off in some areas. But that is not something that can be described as ‘dumsor,'” he stated.

Source: Lead News Online