General News of Thursday, 4 May 2017Source: kasapafmonline.comGhana plunged into darkness; 70% without electricityAround 9pm Wednesday night more than 70 percent of Ghana was plunged into darknessMore than 70 percent of Ghana was Wednesday night plunged into darkness following what officials describes as ‘disturbance’ to the country’s power system. Engineers spent the night busily working to restore electricity but has been unsuccessful so far (Thursday morning). According to the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) there was a surge around 9pm Wednesday night which resulted in the loss of several generators which caused massive outages. “We are currently concentrating on restoration, we will come out with the actual reasons for the outages later in the day but for now restoration is ongoing. Hopefully in the next three hours, (9am) we should be done with the whole country.”

Source: GhanaWeb May 04, 2017 06:22 UTC