There are very strong indications that Dr. Kwabena Donkor, Minister of power is not planning to take his personal belongings out of the Ministry and head home into unemployment.
Dr. Donkor appears very determined to keep his post in spite of his pledge that if the power crisis does not end by the end of December, he will resign.
Now the Minister claims that he promised to end “load shedding” and not “Dumsor Dumsor” by the end of December.
Somebody asked “what is the difference?
And the Minister’s response was” Dumsor” is erratic power supply and “load shedding’ is planned rationing of power.
Whatever it may be called and whatever technical or non-technical definitions there may be, the people of Ghana simply desire and want uninterrupted power supply.
Insiders say that Ghana cannot have uninterrupted power supply by the end of December this year because of the lack of funds to purchase fuel for power generation.
It is estimated that between now and December, Ghana needs at least US$ 100 million for the purchase of fuel.
If Ghana is to have uninterrupted power supply up to the end of February 2016 then the Government will have to find as much as US$300 million.
The problem with power supply is not about generation capacity but lack of funds to purchase fuel.
As things stand now, indications are that there are very dark days ahead for Ghana and its people.
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