{"id":316344,"date":"2017-05-04T06:36:01","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T06:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=316344"},"modified":"2017-05-04T06:36:01","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T06:36:01","slug":"nationwide-blackout-hits-ghana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/05\/nationwide-blackout-hits-ghana\/","title":{"rendered":"Nationwide blackout hits Ghana"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana witnessed a nationwide blackout on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Giving further explanations on the occurrence, \u00a0Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCO), Mr. William Amuna said: “there was a surge of power around 9:40pm last night; we lost many generators across the country. As a consequence, we lost supply to most parts of the country.”<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”GgpbIpw4ZZdgnRYKEVzvynGyMAGOa3Pi”]”…We started the restoration programme till about 1 am when we were above 1,000 megawatts but there was a swing in the power system again and we lost some generation but we are in the process of restoring power,” he added.<\/p>\n
Asked whether GRIDCO knew the cause of the blackout, Mr. Amuna said : “we would have to go through our system to indicate exactly what happened but the concentration has been on restoring power to the nation.”<\/p>\n
Mr. Amuna also confirmed that “this is the second time a nationwide blackout has occurred.”<\/p>\n
He however indicated that “almost 50% of the power has been restored” adding that GRIDCO is still working to restore power to the nation.<\/p>\n
The lights went off around 9 pm.<\/p>\n