The Deputy Ranking Member of Parliament’s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, is calling for the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Energy Minister to appear before Parliament to explain the recurring nationwide power outages.
His call follows Thursday morning’s widespread blackout, which marked the second major disruption to Ghana’s national power system within a month.
Mr Adomako-Mensah said the frequency of the outages was a serious concern and required Parliament to demand clear answers from the agencies responsible for the country’s power transmission system.
“I’m just hoping that as Parliament reconvenes on an emergency for Monday, I just spoke to my chairman. I think we have to call GRIDCo and the Minister to appear before the Energy Committee to give us exactly where the problems are,” he said.
He noted that although power was restored relatively quickly after both incidents, the repeated disruptions underscored the need for Parliament to determine what was going wrong in the power system.
Mr Adomako-Mensah also disclosed that the Energy Committee had not received the report on the earlier power system incident, despite GRIDCo indicating that the report had been submitted to the Energy Minister.
He said the committee had only come across commentaries about the report on social media and news platforms and had therefore been unable to assess its findings independently.
According to him, when GRIDCo appeared before the Energy Committee in connection with an audit report, members questioned the company about the findings of the investigation.
He said GRIDCo indicated that the report had been submitted to the Minister and had ruled out sabotage as a cause of the earlier incident.
Mr Adomako-Mensah, however, said the lack of access to the full report made it difficult for Parliament to properly assess the causes of the disruptions and determine whether recommended corrective measures had been implemented.
He said the latest blackout had made the matter even more urgent, stressing that recurring power outages should concern every Ghanaian because reliable electricity is essential to businesses, households and critical services.
