The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Dr John Jinapor, has assured Ghanaians that government is actively working to restore stable electricity supply following recent nationwide power outages that have disrupted households, businesses, and industries.
He says the administration remains committed to ensuring that every Ghanaian enjoys reliable and uninterrupted power supply, adding that efforts are underway to fix the technical challenges affecting generation capacity.
Addressing a press conference in Accra on Monday, April 27, Dr Jinapor expressed government’s empathy for citizens affected by the crisis.
“The government empathizes with the general public in view of the crisis,” he said, stressing that measures were being taken to restore normal power supply as quickly as possible.
He further disclosed that progress had been made at the Akosombo power facility, where two generation units have been brought back into operation, adding about 280MW to the national grid.
According to him, a third unit is expected to come on stream shortly, contributing an additional 140MW, while all six units are projected to be fully restored by the end of the week.
“I am determined to work with the team to overcome these challenges,” Dr Jinapor stated.
“Despite the loss of Akosombo, all the other plants are running, but it leaves a major deficit. I wish to you assure you that I deeply empathize with you. We never saw it coming, we never anticipated, but we will rise above this.”
He added: “The first-generation unit was successfully installed yesterday. The second unit has also been brought and is generating power. The 3rd unit is undergoing installation.”
The briefing comes in the wake of a major fire incident at the Akosombo power control infrastructure, which reportedly knocked between 720 megawatts and nearly 1,000 megawatts off the national grid. The disruption forced a suspension of electricity exports and triggered a nationwide audit of energy infrastructure.
In response to the incident, government has taken administrative action within key institutions. The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Mark Awuah Baah, has been asked to step aside pending investigations into the cause of the disruption.
The directive was announced by the Minister for Information, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, via his official X (formerly Twitter) account on Sunday, April 26.
Additionally, there has been a leadership shake-up within the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region following widespread outages that affected residential, commercial, and industrial areas in the aftermath of the Akosombo incident.
Government says investigations are ongoing, while restoration works continue across affected facilities to stabilise the national grid.
