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Amid escalating calls for clarity amidst Ghana’s ongoing power outages, Senior Presidential Advisor Yaw Osafo-Maafo has shed light on the intricacies of releasing a load-shedding timetable.
Yaw Osafo-Maafo emphasized that while the publication of such a schedule is feasible, it ultimately requires an order from the Minister of Energy.
Speaking at a forum on open government partnerships and construction sector transparency in Accra, Osafo-Maafo clarified the authority involved in issuing a load-shedding timetable.
He explained that the Minister of Energy plays a pivotal role in determining the rationing of power, as they oversee energy generation and utilization dynamics.
To publish the rationing of the power, nobody can do it except the Minister of Energy because he is seeing the generation and they [ECG] are looking at the utilization so they can look at it and say that in this particular area, this is how it should be done but it something which can be done, because what you have and what you have to use and the spread.”
Governance Expert Professor Baffuor Agyeman-Duah also echoed these sentiments, stressing the importance of issuing a timetable to enable proper planning amidst uncertainties.
“The wise thing to do is to issue a timetable,” Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah emphasized during an appearance on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3.