The Minority in Parliament has raised concerns over the impact of the ongoing power crisis, warning that persistent outages are taking a serious toll on livelihoods and essential services across the country.
Addressing the media, the Member of Parliament for Afigya Kwabre North and Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, said every power cut has real-life consequences for citizens and businesses.
“Every outage a Ghanaian suffers is not an abstraction. It is a factory that has stopped production, a cold store that has lost its inventory, a hospital ward running on a generator with uncertain fuel, a student who cannot study, and a small business forced to shut down,” he stated.
The Minority further indicated that many households continue to endure nights without electricity, questioning when government will provide clear and honest communication on the situation.
Mr Adomako-Mensah also recalled the effects of power outages during the first administration of President John Dramani Mahama, describing the period as one marked by severe human and economic hardship.
He cited instances where critical medical procedures were disrupted and oxygen-dependent patients placed at risk due to power cuts, highlighting what he described as the devastating human cost of the crisis.
According to him, the Institute of Statistical, Social and Economic Research estimated economic losses of at least $618 million in 2014 alone as a result of the outages.
The Minority stressed that its concerns are not about revisiting the past but about drawing attention to what it believes is a recurrence of similar challenges under the current administration.
It also accused the government of failing to sustain measures implemented by the previous administration led by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to stabilise the power sector.
The group is calling for urgent action to address the situation and prevent further disruption to economic activity and daily life.
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