Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr. Frank Amoakohene has revealed that he is under intense pressure from residents in the region following the recent instability in power supply, with the worst incident occurring over the weekend.
For weeks, residents of the Ashanti Region have raised persistent concerns over the unstable power supply, which continues to disrupt both commercial and domestic activities.
Dr. Amoakohene lamented that he has been inundated with calls from residents urging him to intervene and help resolve the power crisis.
“For some few months now, we have been having power outages. Others have blamed it on sabotage, and others have blamed it on a lot of reasons.
“Sunday, March 16, was epic, it [dumsor] was almost all over the districts and municipalities, so, I have had a lot of complaints from most of the communities. We believe that you are in to solve problems in the energy sector,” he stated.
The growing complaints over the unstable power situation have compelled the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, to visit the region and engage key stakeholders in the power sector to find solutions to the challenge.
As part of efforts to address the shortfalls, the Minister is expected to inspect ongoing power infrastructure projects in the Ashanti Region.
Mr. Jinapor attributed the situation to what he described as a weak power sector inherited by the current administration.
He, however, outlined several measures aimed at addressing the challenge and improving power supply in the region.
“Ashanti region peculiarly has a major problem with power supply, it’s not just the supply of the power into the grid, but also evacuating the power and distributing it. GRIDCo is injecting some major transformers to stabilise the power supply.
“ECG is also doing some major works and we expect that the power supply situation in Kumasi and its environs and Ashanti Region in general should see significant improvements,” he stated.
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