President John Mahama has assured that his government will upgrade the ravaged GRIDCo substation at Akosombo to have a modern control room. He made this pledge during a visit to the site yesterday, Thursday April, 30, to personally check the damage that had been caused by the fire outbreak that occurred on April 23.

Speaking to the media on Friday, the Spokesperson and Head of Communications at the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, Ghana, Richmond Rockson, disclosed that the blaze, which occurred on Thursday, April 23, damaged a transmission system with a capacity of about 720 megawatts.

President Mahama added that the inferno, which destroyed the GRIDCo facility, offers Ghana a chance to construct a more advanced centre that will serve not just the current generation but future generations as well.

Find below some images of the damage caused by the fire: