The Executive Director of the Institute of Energy Security (IES), Nana Amoasi VII, has challenged President Akufo-Addo's claim that Ghana's power supply issues, known as "dumsor," have been effectively resolved.

During the annual May Day celebration in Accra, the President confidently declared that the era of power challenges was over.

“Over the period, the issues surrounding transformers and gas supply have been successfully resolved resulting in sufficient improvement in power supply reliability,” the president said.

However, in an interview on Citi FM's Eyewitness News, Nana Amoasi VII disagreed with the President, stating that his assertions did not align with the current situation.

He highlighted that several areas, including Weija, Ekumfi, Mankessim, Nungua, and Tema Community 2 and 25, experienced power outages between Tuesday and Wednesday, indicating ongoing deficits in the power system.

Nana Amoasi VII stressed the importance of the President's statements reflecting the actual circumstances, rather than relying solely on advice from his advisors. He expressed concern that the President's advisors might not be providing him with an accurate assessment of the ongoing power challenges.

He urged the President to be cautious in his pronouncements, as they could potentially mislead the public about the true state of the country's power supply.

“The first thing that we picked from the president’s statement is that today he is admitting that under his tenure, there has been dumsor. And so he made it clear in his statement that the load shedding that we are seeing is probably normal…To say that the issues have been dealt with is misleading and we pray that the handlers of the president will rather lead him than mislead him. Sometimes the president looks awful in the eyes of industry players, the watchers and even consumers.”

“I am sure any pronouncement that he made is contingent on what they tell him but he must be very careful because the handlers are not putting out what the issues are. The value is the same. We’ve just seen a bit of change last night but if the president says that yesterday we didn’t experience dumsor anywhere around the country, that is untrue. I can recount some few places we have checked,” he stated.

Netizens on social media who continue to experience intermittent power outage have also criticized President Akufo-Addo for his recent remarks.