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The Mahama government has established a 12-member committee to explore answers to the impending energy crisis as part of its preliminary administrative decisions.
In order to prevent the upcoming challenge, the committee is supposed to provide the current administration with a plan outlining practical actions that may be done and how they can be carried out.
This comes after the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) announced that it is cleaning and inspecting a 56-kilometer segment of an onshore pipeline in Nigeria between Itoki and Badagry.
Several Tema power stations, which normally use around 180 mmscfd of gas, will experience gas supply disruptions as a result of the maintenance. It is anticipated that this disruption will result in a sizable supply shortage.
The committee’s chair, Mr. John Jinapor, stated that the team’s first priority is to examine the options for replenishing the nation’s energy supply.
“We are supposed to develop an implementable, workable roadmap to restock fuel immediately. This is an emergency situation and so we need to break some barriers and some of the usual timelines and bridge it up,” he explained.
He stated that in order to “accommodate the situation,” the committee will communicate with the West African Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo).
Mr. Jinapor urged the public to maintain their composure and stressed that there was no reason for concern regarding the situation.
The former Energy Minister promised, “We are determined to deal with the situation and given the calibre of people we have, I’m confident that we will deal with it.”
According to a Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) assessment, the nation will require roughly $90 million to avoid a power outage, or dumsor, after the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is slated to close for repair from January 20 to February 16, 2025.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
