Ghanaian actress Yvonne Nelson has chided government for the recent intermittent power outages across the country.
The actress in a tweet on X, Tuesday called on President Akufo-Addo’s government to find a lasting solution to the power outages experienced in the country.
“Mr President, DUM SOR is DUM SOR whether it’s for an hour, 12 hours, 24hrs or every day. FIX IT!” she tweeted on March, 12.
Mr President, @NAkufoAddo DUM SOR is DUM SOR whether it’s for an hour, 12 hours, 24hrs or everyday. FIX IT!
— 𝓨𝓿𝓸𝓷𝓷𝓮 𝓝𝓮𝓵𝓼𝓸𝓷 (@yvonnenelsongh) March 12, 2024
The famous actress led a demonstration against the John Mahama government over power outages in 2015.
Yvonne Nelson during John Mahama’s administration in 2015 joined forces with other celebrities like Van Vicker, Prince David Osei, DKB and others to demand a lasting solution to the power outages at the time.
Meanwhile, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cautioned Ghanaians to brace themselves for more power outages during peak demand hours between 7 p.m. and 11 p.m.
ECG revealed in a social media post that 630 distribution transformers in communities across its operational zones are currently above capacity due to increased power consumption.
This, it claimed, might result in blown fuses and broken conductors, causing outages, particularly during the peak load time (7pm –11pm) in the affected locations.
“However, we wish to assure our customers that transformer upgrading, and new projects are on-going to relieve these transformers to ensure a more reliable power supply,” the post added.
The ECG called for the support and patience of affected customers as it continues to work to improve Ghana’s power distribution system.
Meanwhile, earlier this month, the Managing Director (MD) of the ECG, Samuel Dubik Mahama, in addressing the frequent power disruptions (dumsor), said the company was facing some maintenance issues.
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