Member of Parliament for Abuakwa South, Samuel Atta Akyea, has called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to provide a schedule for the current power outages, known locally as "dumsor."

As the Chairman of the Energy Committee of Parliament, Atta Akyea highlighted the lack of prior notice from ECG regarding electricity outages, which often occur abruptly and disrupt activities.

In an interview on Joy FM’s Midday, the former Works and Housing Minister expressed the need for a timetable to be made available.

He emphasized that having a schedule would allow people to anticipate and adjust to the unstable electricity supply, enabling them to plan their activities accordingly.

“People will plan around the timetable available, people will know whether to iron their cloths ahead of time, when they should cook and store it in the fridge,” he added.

Mr. Akyea emphasized the importance of ECG providing a timetable for the power outages, stating that Ghanaians would prefer having a schedule rather than experiencing random power cuts whenever ECG wishes to turn off the lights. He highlighted that the current practice of unpredictable power cuts is highly undesirable.

“So no matter the permutation, I’m of the humble view that we need a timetable, until the situation will normalise, then you take off the timetable."

While government officials have mostly avoided acknowledging the challenges in the power sector, Mr. Atta Akyea, a member of the governing party, has emphasized that electricity generation is not a partisan issue.

"Electricity generation has no party colours. I want to stress that because at the end of the day if you are NPP you will consume electricity, if you are NDC you will consume electricity, so it only professional to say we are having challenges, but because of the hard fact that we don’t want to inconvenience you unduly, this is the plan, you can enjoy electricity at this time, then people will plan around the timetable available" he argued.