We’re doing our best, the lights are going to stay on – ECG boss

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has insisted that the country is not experiencing erratic power supply (Dumsor).

He said that the maintenance works on most of the transformers are almost done.

Mr Mahama assured the Committee that the lights would stay on.

He said this to journalists after a crunch meeting that the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament had with stakeholders in the energy sector in Accra on Saturday, April 6.

He said, “The assurance is that we are doing our best and the lights are going to stay on. Most of the transformers that we spoke about and the intensification exercises are almost done so we should just stay positive.”

“We are currently not shedding load,” he stressed.

For his part, Chairman of the Mines and Energy Committee Samuel Atta Akyea assured the public that the recent power outages would be resolved.

“The conversations we’ve had are very good. Some of the technical challenges relating to fuel and the rest of it, they will be tackled,”  the Abuakwa South Member of Parliament aid.

He added “if there is under generation which there is an admission there is one we should do everything in our power to make sure that we generate enough power.”

He emphasised that the committee at the meeting was “very strong on the matter” regarding publishing a load-shedding timetable due to a lack of adequate generation capacity to meet demand.

“The committee was very strong on the matter that if there are power outages, those who are enjoying power should know when it will be available, and then they plan their lives around the timetable you furnished them,” he stated.

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