Ghana-Press-Review April 06, 2021 to 10:41 140 APA – Accra (Ghana) The explanations given by Energy Minister for the intermittent power outages currently being experienced in Ghana and the report that 4,000 critical care and 3,000 peri-operative nurses are needed to meet holistic healthcare demand in Ghana are some of the trending stories in the Ghanaian press on Tuesday.
The Times reports that the Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has explained that the intermittent power outages currently being experienced in the country are as a result of some transmission challenges, assuring that efforts are underway to resolve it within the next few months.
According to him, government considered what was happening seriously and was working with all the agencies involved to find a permanent resolution to the issues.
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The Ghana GRID Company Limited (GRIDCo) has stated that it has no intention of embarking on a nationwide load shedding programme.
The assurance comes after what it described as heightened perceptions of impending nationwide power cuts following recent media pronouncements by its officers in media engagements.
In a statement issued by its Corporate Affairs Department on March 31, 2021, GRIDCo said it is instead carrying out some key projects to enhance the power supply in Accra which will result in some intermittent power outages.
The projects are These projects are the Millennium Development Authority (MIDA) funded Pokuase substation and Kasoa Bulk Supply Point installations and the French Development Agency (AFD) funded Tema - Accra transmission line reinforcement project.