Parts Of Accra To Experience Six Days Dumsor Starting Today – ECG Reveals

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that there will be power cuts in Accra and its environs beginning today, Friday, May 8, 2020.

The power company said residents in the capital should expect the interruption of their power supply between 10 pm and 1 am daily till Thursday, May 14, 2020

In a communique, ECG said the power cuts will enable the company to convey some transformers from the Tema Port to its Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) construction site.

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Some of the affected areas include Tema, Klagon, Spintex, Trasacco, Dzorwulu, Achimota, and Ofankor.

“The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited wishes to inform the general public, especially our cherished customers in the under-listed areas that, to ensure safe conveyance of 145MVA transformers from the Tema Ports to the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) construction site, the company will have to isolate some High Voltage overhead lines. In this regard, there will be planned outages from Friday 8th May 2020 to Thursday, 14th May 2020 between 10:00 pm and 1:00 am each day”, the company announced.

ECG mentioned that any inconvenience caused is deeply regretted.

Meanwhile, President Nana Addo Darkwa Akufo-Addo announced absorption of 50% of electricity bills for three months due to the novel coronavirus disease which has caused global scourge.

The President has announced three months of free electricity for consumers of a particular category, to make up for lost income following the coronavirus lockdown in Accra and Kumasi.

Addressing the nation in a televised broadcast Thursday evening, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo said the decision is part of additional measures being taken by government to mitigate the impact the outbreak of the virus is having on the public.

“We’ve decided on further measures of mitigation for all Ghanaians for the next three months, i.e April, May and June. The government will fully absorb electricity bills for the poorest of the poor, i.e, for all consumers. That is free electricity for persons who consume from 0-50 kilowatt-hours a month for this period,” the President told the nation.

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In addition, the President said the government will also absorb 50% of electricity bills for consumers in residential areas as well as those engaged in commercial activities during the period using their March 2020 bill as the benchmark.

“This is being done to support industry, enterprises, and the service sector in these difficult times and to provide some reliefs to households for loss income,” he explained.

He, however, stressed on the need for “all Ghanaians to exercise discipline in their use of water and electricity.”