The National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo Esq., also known as Pablo, has condemned the government for failing to pay the Independent Power Producers (IPPs) what it owes them.

He believes the current erratic power supply is due to debt owed IPPs and not faulty distribution transformers.

"You’re shedding load because you’ve incompetently mismanaged the energy sector yet you wouldn’t take responsibility and fix things. Pay the IPP’s, it’s not faulty distribution transformers!"

The power sector is likely to experience an exacerbated debt of about $1.8 billion to the Independent Power Producers by 2024, the Chamber of Independent Power Generators has disclosed.

Mr Opare Addo made this statement in a post on X while reacting to a report indicating the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has started an exercise to check on various power transformers across the country to identify and fix faults that can help sustain power.

He blamed Ghanaians for failing to elect the right leaders, hence the mismanagement of the energy sector.

"I blame y’all for this nonsense. Y’all who queued and voted for Akuffo Addo and Bawumia twice are accomplices of this sheer disrespect to our intelligence."

Meanwhile, ECG’s integrity checks on the transformers will help identify actual loads and others that need upgrades upon reaching their full capacity.