The Communications Director of the 2024 Bawumia campaign, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, has defended the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) track record in the energy sector under former President Nana Akufo-Addo.

According to him, the NPP performed far better than the current administration led by President John Mahama.

In an interview on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, Aboagye claimed that Ghanaians experienced only eight weeks of power outages during the NPP's tenure.

However, he argued that within just two months of the National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) return to power, there have been numerous outages, causing frustration among Ghanaians.

“For the past two months, there have been a series of dumsor, but there is no urgency on the part of the government. For us, we experienced only eight weeks of dumsor in our entire eight years, and the urgency with which we resolved it was evident,” he stated.

He further indicated that the NPP was deeply concerned about the outages during its tenure, which drove the party’s determination to address the challenge swiftly.

“But the NDC is not afraid because the name dumsor because it originated from them. Until Mahama became president, Ghanaians had never heard of dumsor,” he claimed.

Ghanaians, particularly in the Ashanti Region, have recently faced erratic power supply.

The Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, attributed the issue to the growing electricity demand in the Kumasi enclave.

This, he said, necessitated the upgrade of a newly constructed 145 MVA transformer, replacing the old 66 MVA transformer, to ensure a stable power supply.

Jinapor stated that Ghana is currently generating enough electricity and even exporting excess power. However, he emphasised that beyond generation, attention must be placed on transmission and distribution infrastructure.