The Executive Secretary of the Chamber for Petroleum Consumers Ghana (COPEC), Duncan Amoah is warning of an impending loadshedding in Ghana in the coming weeks.
Amoah is attributing the development to what he descrbes as depletion of Ghana’s fuel stock.
He says the situation is bound to worsen ahead of the upcoming pipeline maintenance and pigging exercise scheduled by WAPCo on the West African Gas Pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana, from 20th January to 16th February, 2025.
According to him, the outgoing Akufo Addo government refused to order liquid fuel to augment gas shortfall during the period of the maintenance and pigging exercise.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday (7 January), Amoah he accused former President Akufo-Addo of failing to paint a clear picture of the energy sector in his State of the Nation Address.
“What the President conveniently chose not to tell Ghanaians was that the country’s fuel stock for our power plants has been depleted with no arrangements to replenish it. It is my honest belief that Ghanaians are discerning enough to know that this claim was false, mischievous, and an attempt to set the incoming Mahama’s administration up.
“Meanwhile, the outgoing Akufo Addo government refused to order liquid fuel to augment gas shortfall during the period of the maintenance and pigging exercise. Indeed, the decision not to order fuel can only be interpreted as a calculated ploy aimed at creating disaffection for the incoming Mahama administration by Mr Akuffo-Addo.”
“As a result of this unpatriotic and reckless decision, Ghanaians will experience serious load shedding during the period of the pipeline maintenance and pigging exercise scheduled by WAPCo on the West African Gas Pipeline from Nigeria to Ghana, from 20th January to 16th February, 2025,” he said.
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