The resurgence of frequent power outages, popularly called dumsor, in the Bono Region and several other parts of the country could be because of a sabotage by some staff of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCO), is a subsidiary of the Volta River Authority (VRA), says Mr. Joseph Addae Akwaboa, the Bono Regional Minister.
“It looks as if somebody is not doing his work. That is what I see”, the visibly worried minister said during his unannounced visit to the NEDCO station in Sunyani to learn, first-hand, the real reasons for this unfortunate occurrence.
The minister said he did not understand why dumsor resurfaced as soon as there was a change of government on January 7, 2025.
“I’m very serious about this matter and I’m going to take action right away. I’m very serious. Because you see, these things were not happening prior to 2025. Why is it happening today? Mr. Akwaboa said during his visit.
He further said: “There were no spare breakers, but we were not having outages. So, why are we having dumsor this time, why? I kept quiet, I thought that there were going to be some solutions, but I think that the thing is escalating. I was awake throughout the week and the complaints that I had from certain individuals in this region and where the complaints are going, I don’t like it at all.”
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“I just paid an unannounced visit to the Regional NEDCO facility to get to the bottom of the recent power outages plaguing our region, Sunyani particularly. Despite numerous discussions with the NEDCO area manager, I wanted to see firsthand what’s causing these disruptions”, the Regional Minister said in a Facebook post soon after his visit.
According to him, he was told during his visit that a network breakdown occurred after a whirlwind broke one of their wooden poles at Baakoniaba, bringing down connectors and leading to power outages in areas such as Estate, Newtown, Bank of Ghana, Nat Hostel, Berlin Top, Fiapre RCC, and Eusbett Hotel.
“Further investigation revealed that troubleshooting efforts discovered heavy impact issues on their protective machines in the control room. Emergency measures have been taken to restore power, and expert engineers have been invited from the national headquarters to provide a permanent solution, he posted.
“I understand the inconvenience this has caused; however, I wish to assure the good people of Sunyani that I’ve given the NEDCO team a clear directive to restore power and keep it on by close of day. The people of Sunyani deserve reliable electricity, and I won’t settle for anything less.”
