Co-Chairman of the Transition Team sub-committee on Energy and Natural Resources, John Abdulai Jinapor, has disclosed that Ghana will soon be facing power crisis as a result of fuel shortage.
The lawmaker has said Ghana’s fuel stock has only five hours of fuel remaining, the reason power outages also known as ‘dumsor’ is imminent.
Speaking to the media after the inauguration of President John Dramani Mahama in Accra Tuesday, January 7, 2025, the Yapei Kusawgu lawmaker disclosed that the country’s fuel stock is dangerously low.
“I have bad news for you, the confirmation we are getting is that we have only five hours of fuel stock. If you look at heavy fuel oil and diesel fuel, we don’t have up to two days, and so in two days’ time, we are likely to run out of fuel,” he revealed.
Jinapor stated that the outgone administration failed to procure necessary fuel supplies for the state leaving the new government in a vulnerable position.
“This administration has not ordered any fuel as we speak, and it takes on average four weeks for the fuel to arrive and four weeks for the fuel to be treated, and so we are in a very serious situation,” he said in an interview with JoyNews.
Despite the outgone administration assuring the Transition Team that they had procured fuel parcels, Mr. Jinapor said their checks revealed that the available fuel was not enough to last the country for even two days.
“Today, right after President Mahama assumed office and I served on the transition, my checks indicate that we do not have fuel that can cater for even two days, and so clearly we have a major, major problem,” he emphasized.
The MP warned that even if the incoming administration orders fuel immediately, it will take approximately eight weeks for it to arrive and be processed, leading to an extended period of power outages.
“We are in for real trouble,” Jinapor concluded, urging immediate action to address the looming crisis.
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