The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO) says it is investigating the cause of the nationwide blackout in the early hours of Thursday.
The Chief Executive Officer of GRIDCO, William Amuna said though they do not suspect any human element as the cause, they will investigate to ascertain the truth.
[contextly_sidebar id=”HaEVIMSqmzL90C96cmeohNQLqWF8eD4Z”]Most parts of the country were without electricity on Thursday morning after a total systems collapse.
A statement from the Power Ministry explained that the blackouts which occurred around 5:30am was “due to a challenge experienced by GRIDCO on a major line.”
“Engineers are working around the clock to ensure the challenges are resolved. We hope to restore power across the country in the shortest possible time,” the statement added.
Amuna speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show, they have been able to restore about 90 percent of the areas that were affected back onto the national grid.
“We had a disturbance in the power system relating to one our major transmission lines. Accra and Tema were off and then a number of areas, the whole of the Western part of Ghana was on anyway. There was a fault with our transmission lines and when it tripped it tripped some of our units and that is what caused it. We are going to investigate what happened and we will come out. We have restored close to 90% of the country now,” he added.
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By: Godwin A. Allotey/citifmonline.com/Ghana