Power will be restored to the nation in approximately three hours, the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has promised.<\/p>\n
GRIDCo’s assurance follows a nationwide blackout on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”PK3Giuu1XCHjJsxPWniTV5u39Mrx8JTl”]Speaking to Citi News’<\/strong> Bernard Avle, the Chief Executive Officer of GRIDCo, Mr. William Amuna, said: “almost 50 percent of power had already been restored” adding that GRIDCO is\u00a0“building up gradually and we should be done in three hours.”<\/p>\n Giving further explanations on the occurrence, Mr. 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 “…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 The last time a nationwide blackout occurred was in January 2016.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n The Electricity Company of Ghana had explained that the problem was due to what it described as a “system collapse.”<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Marian Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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