The Director of Field Operations for the United Party, Hopeson Adorye, has said that Ghana’s recent power outages do not qualify as “dumsor” as the term is commonly understood.
Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on Tuesday, April 28, Mr Adorye explained that the current electricity interruptions are significantly different from the prolonged and predictable power cuts the country experienced in the past.
“I cannot describe the present situation as ‘dumsor,’” he stated. “The term ‘dumsor’ was used when outages were predictable , you could expect the lights to go off in the evening, and in some cases, power could be out for two or three days at a time.”
He attributed the current challenges mainly to technical problems in the power distribution network, especially ageing and overloaded transformers that need urgent replacement.
“We have been informed that most of the transformers are weak and overloaded, and they are currently being replaced,” he said.
Mr Adorye pointed out that replacing transformers naturally causes temporary power outages because electricity supply must be switched off before the old equipment can be removed and the new one installed.
“If a transformer in a particular area is being replaced, power cannot stay on. It has to be shut down during the replacement process and then restored afterwards,” he explained.
He expressed support for the current government’s efforts to address these technical issues, saying he was glad the government was taking action to fix the problem.
“I am happy that the current government is doing something about it,” he added, while warning against wrongly labelling the present situation as dumsor.
His comments come as public concern grows over intermittent power supply in some parts of the country, with many Ghanaians wondering if the nation is returning to the persistent outages known as “dumsor.”
Editor:
Obiri-Yeboah
