The Minority in Parliament has expressed concern about the recent power outages in Ghana, saying it is a sign of a looming crisis in the country's power sector.

According to Minority Spokesperson on Mines and Energy, John Jinapor, the power outages are due to the government's inability to purchase fuel for the country's thermal plants.

Speaking in Parliament, he highlighted the persistent and consistent load shedding by the country's power generation companies.

“Indeed, the load shedding is getting worse by the day. The very day His Excellency the President was delivering the State of the Nation address and boasting, up that very period, the utility companies were shedding the load,” he said on Thursday, February 29, 2024.

Mr. Jinapor revealed that on February 28, there was a massive power deficit of 530 megawatts, which resulted in power cuts to neighboring countries such as Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, and Togo.

“You will attest that there was some massive darkness yesterday. Today at 12 pm, load shedding will commence again.”

He explained that several of the country's thermal power plants are not functioning properly, resulting in a significant reduction in power generation.

According to him, government has been unable to purchase enough fuel to run the thermal plants due to financial constraints.

He urged the government to be more transparent and open about the situation and to provide people with the information they need to plan their lives.

“This deliberate fixation on denial and deceiving the people of Ghana can no longer hold. We therefore call on President Akufo-Addo, Dr. Bawumia and this government to do the needful by telling the people of Ghana the truth.”

“We also call on government to look for money wherever they can find that money to procure heavy fuel oil and other sources of fuel to power the thermal plant. We cannot have this quantum of thermal complementarity and still shed load,” he said.