Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has put the country on notice — anyone caught undermining efforts to restore stable electricity supply will face prosecution, regardless of political standing.
Addressing the nation on Monday, April 27, against the backdrop of worsening power outages, Jinapor framed the crisis as a national emergency demanding collective responsibility, not political point-scoring. His message was unambiguous: sabotage the restoration process, and the full weight of the law follows.
“Any individual or group — regardless of political affiliation — found sabotaging the power restoration process will face the full rigours of the law,” he warned, adding that such interference not only worsens the crisis but actively undermines national recovery efforts.
The minister’s remarks come as Ghana grapples with widespread outages linked to a series of technical failures, including a fire at the Akosombo substation that disrupted power distribution across multiple regions. The incident has compounded existing grid vulnerabilities and stretched the capacity of utility providers already under pressure.
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Jinapor assured Ghanaians that the government, alongside the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), is working round the clock to resolve the disruptions. He confirmed that investigations are ongoing to establish the precise causes of the outages — and to determine whether deliberate acts of sabotage are involved. Where culpability is established, he said, accountability will follow.
The crisis has ignited public frustration, with stakeholders demanding greater transparency from authorities. Among the loudest calls is a request for a structured load-shedding timetable — a measure critics argue would at least allow citizens and businesses to plan around the disruptions rather than endure them without warning.
The government, for its part, insists that stabilisation efforts are being intensified, with a focus on grid efficiency and long-term resilience to prevent a repeat of the current situation.