The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfour Osei Tutu II has revealed to Minister for Energy, Mathew Opoku Prempeh, that the recent power outages in Kumasi have destroyed all his electrical appliances.
Over the past days, the Ashanti Region has been hit hardly by power outages most in the evening mostly from 6pm until 11 pm.
Due to this, Mathew Opoku Prempeh (NAPO) visited some power generation sub-stations of GRIDCo and the ECG at Anwomaso, and other places to help find solution to the problem.
He assured people in the region of an immediate solution latest by December 20 this year.
Speaking to the Energy Minister, Mathew Opoku when he (EnergyMinister) paid a courtesy call on him, Asantehene Otumfour Osei Tutu II bemoaned the intermittent power outages.
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He noted that barely three months ago the light system was good in the region but recently the power outages have intensified affecting the lives and works of people in the region.
“Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh came to my palace and when he asked permission to eat outside the light went off just Infront of his friends” he revealed
Otumfuor asked the Minister to expedite action and locate the plant to support the region with stable power.
Hon. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, on his part, assured the Asantehene of an immediate solution to the problem.
He also cautioned people who have built their structures, buildings and others under ECG high tension powerlines and said the ministry will soon demolish all those structures.
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com
