General News of Saturday, 16 March 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgPower outages not 'dumsor' – AmewuGhanaians have expressed anger over the sudden return of power outages popularly known as ‘dumsor'Mr John Peter Amewu, Minister of Energy has assured Ghanaians that the recent power outages across parts of the country are by no means the return of “dumsor”. According to him the government is working assiduously to address the situation and also ensure that the power system of Ghana functions effectively. Mr Amewu gave the assurance when he briefed parliament about the recent power disturbances that occurred on the Ghana Power System on Tuesday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 13, 2019. Mr Amewu also explained that the power system experienced a number of disturbances which resulted in the interruption of power supply to customers. He said the power plants are designed to automatically shut down in response to hiccups in the course of power transmission.

Source: GhanaWeb March 15, 2019 21:22 UTC