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Power cuts due to 'sabotage in Nigeria' - Mahama

Speaking at this year’s Eid-ul Fitr celebration at the Black Star square, President Mahama said challenges with the country’s power supply will be addressed soon, adding that the country is not under any load shedding regime.
John Mahama
John Mahama

President John Mahama has attributed recent fluctuations in power supply to the action of saboteurs on oil terminals in Nigeria.

Many parts of the country have been experiencing erratic supply of power over the past two months.

The country is shedding a total of 300 Mega Watts of power owing to the destruction of gas pipelines from Nigeria.

A cross-section of the public is of the opinion that the country has been plunged into an energy crisis again.

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But speaking at this year’s Eid-ul Fitr celebration at the Black Star square, President Mahama said challenges with the country’s power supply will be addressed soon, adding that the country is not under any load shedding regime.

"We have recently suffered some generational problems. Because of sabotage in Nigeria on the terminals, crude oil we ordered from Nigeria has not arrived and so it has created some generational problems for us."I have asked the Bulk Oil Storage company to start storing at least one month of light crude oil supply for Ghana so that in the event anything happens at the supply end in Nigeria we are not affected the way we are affected.

"We are not declaring load shedding. I believe things will normalise," he said.

Meanwhile, the Deputy Minister of Power, John Jinapor has indicated that a load shedding timetable will be released by the end of the week if the situation does not improve.

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