The state-run Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Thursday cut power supplies to the parliament over a debt of 23m Ghanaian cedi ($1.8m; £1.4m). A video shared by local media showed MPs in the dimly lit chamber chanting: "Dumsor, dumsor", which means power outage in the local Akan language. Local media reported that a back-up power generator restored power to the chamber a few minutes later. Ghana's electricity company, which is facing crippling financial difficulties, frequently disconnects power from indebted clients. Private electricity suppliers are owed $1.6bn by the state power company, according to Elikplim Kwabla Apetogbor, the head of the organisation representing them.

Source: Daily Nation March 01, 2024 09:08 UTC