Dumsor: Give energy sector the marching orders; let them know you don’t like what they’re doing — Prof. Agyeman-Duah to Akufo-Addo

Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah, a Governance expert, has called on President Nana Akufo-Addo to show strong leadership by convening a meeting with key stakeholders in the energy sector to address the ongoing power crisis in the country.

Expressing his concerns on TV3's Ghana Tonight, Professor Agyeman-Duah emphasized the urgent need for Akufo-Addo to take decisive action to resolve the erratic power outages plaguing Ghana.

"I will be surprised if the president has not called the leadership of the VRA, GRIDCo, ECG, and PURC to give them the marching orders that he doesn’t like what they are doing.

“That is leadership, we need the president to be giving the marching orders. As I said, if he has done it privately I don’t know but based on the public pronouncements by these state agencies in charge of the energy sector, it seems like he hasn’t done that,” he said.

Highlighting the apparent lack of proactive measures from the government in addressing the power crisis, Professor Agyeman-Duah expressed his disappointment with the slow pace of action in resolving the issue.

He said, "The government hasn’t been too active in seeking solutions to the problems.”

The Professor urges the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to release a load-shedding timetable to assist consumers in planning their activities amidst the uncertainty caused by the power cuts.

"The wise thing to do is to issue a timetable," he stressed.