The energy minister, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempreh, said that the power outages, known locally as “dumsor,” were only experienced during the previous John Mahama administration.

On Friday, in Accra, during the Government Assurances Committee meeting, Dr. Opoku Prempreh stressed that the continuous power outage is a result of efforts to address the energy issues.

“…I told you that when I got to the Ministry we’ve gone past the era where we had 72 to 96 days of lights out and six hours of lights on. We are in the era of ‘dum siesie’ which is profoundly different from dumsor.”

“Dumsor as inflicted on Ghanaians has only happened as characterised his excellency John Dramani Mahama’s governance. He is the only president on record that for four years that he reigned, for four years that he ruled, for four years that he governed, there was ‘dum dum dum.’ If the non-partisan colleague says that now it is worse, then I don’t know where his realities lie,” he stated.

Oti Bless, the ranking member of the Parliamentary Government Assurances Committee, asserted that former President Mahama was the only one to assume responsibility for addressing the dumsor threat prior to the conclusion of his term in office.

Many regions of the nation still have irregular power supplies, even after President Akufo-Addo declared that the power crisis would be resolved.