[ 2015-05-02 ]

Mahama apologises to Dansoman residents for power-cuts
President John Mahama has apologised to the
residents of Dansoman whom he said had to endure
continuous power cuts for five consecutive days.

Speaking at this year's May Day celebrations, the
president said he was concerned about the seeming
ineffective management of the power rationing
system.

He said it was regrettable that contrary to the
advertised schedule of 24 hours power cut and 12
hours supply, some residents have had to endure
lights out for days.

"As I was preparing to come here this morning, I
kept receiving numerous complaints from ordinary
Ghanaians of having been without power for between
48 and 72 hours instead of the 24 hours
advertised. This was particularly so, I am told,
in Dansoman last week when residents went nearly
five days without power due...to a fault in the
system," he stated.

The president urged managers of the power systems
to stick to the schedule.

"I wish to apologise to our brothers and sisters
who live in the Dansoman area for the
inconvenience they had to go through and I urge
our electricity distribution companies in this
time of crisis to fully deploy their customer
service capacities to be able to respond to
customer concerns in a timely fashion," the
president said.

He described the power crisis as a temporary
challenge which will be surmounted in the not too
distant future.

According to him, smart businesses recognise this
and are therefore not laying off workers, but "are
rather investing more resources to expand their
production in Ghana."

The Secretary General of the Trades Union Congress
(TUC), Mr. Kofi Asamoah had said workers were
losing hope in the ability of government to fix
the current power crisis.

In a speech at the May Day celebrations at the
Independence Square, Mr Asamoah said the incessant
power cuts over the past years have seriously
affected the incomes of workers.

But the president said, "Our power supply
challenges are temporary and we would soon
consider them to be a bad nightmare from which we
have awoken."

Source - MyjoyOnline

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