Member of Parliament for Afigya Sekyere East, Mavis Nkansah Boadu, has urged the President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, to reach out to his predecessor to learn from him on how he was able to keep the lights on for eight years.
According to her, the recent power outages clearly show that the President’s claim that he fixed “dumsor” before exiting power in 2017 is not true.
She believes that the president cannot keep the lights on and needs to consult on how the lights were kept on during the previous administration.
Mavis Nkansah Boadu was addressing Parliament when she made this known.
“Mr Speaker, I have with me here a load-shedding document, and this dates back to October 1st to 14th. Mr Speaker, when the president attended on this house, he told us that he fixed dumsor before he exited. Mr. Speaker, this goes to refute what he said.
I think what the president is trying to do is prepare us of the hardship ahead. If he’s having problems keeping our lights on, I am going to call on the president to reach out to his predecessor and ask him how he was able to keep our lights on for eight years,” she stated.
Ghana has been struggling with intermittent power cuts, although no better explanation has been given by the government for this.
The president, while delivering the state of the nation address, insisted that he fixed dumsor before he left office in 2017.
“Yesterday, February 26, 2025, marks exactly 10 years since I stood in this chamber at this very spot to declare my determination to fix dumsor, a legacy problem of power shortages and Mr Speaker, I fixed it.
I promised to fix it and I did, and I wish to place firmly on record that from January 2016 until I handed over the administration of this country on January 7, 2017, there was no power rationing or load management in Ghana.”
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