Parliament experienced an intermittent power outage during its sitting today.

The lights went out while the Majority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament (MP) for Nsawam-Adoagyiri, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, was speaking on the floor of the House.

The unfortunate incident generated mockery from the Minority side of Parliament.

Frank Annoh-Dompreh, who was displeased by the Minority's action, criticised its members for complaining about a phenomenon they failed to address.

The Nsawam-Adoagyiri MP, stated that the erratic power supply currently being experienced is nowhere close to what was experienced under the Mahama-led administration.

"What's your problem? This is better than what we experienced under you. You should know this. Sam George, you should know this. This is far better than what we endured under your tenure," he said.

His comments did not prevent the Minority from ridiculing the Majority the more. An MP shouted, "You go explain tire," indicating that no amount of explanation can take away the fact that "dumsor" is back under the Akufo-Addo-led government.

A few minutes later, Parliament was lit once more. It is unknown if power was restored or if a plant had been turned on.

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Staff of the Ghana Grid Company, GRIDCo are threatening the return of incessant power cuts, popularly known as dumsor, which plagued the country some years back.

This is due to the failure of the government to settle some arrears of industry players.

In a statement registering their displeasure over the situation, the aggrieved staff noted that there will be a return of 'dumsor' this Christmas if the financial status of the company is not improved with immediate effect.

“The main cause of the poor cash flow situation is because the Cash Waterfall Mechanism which is used as the mode of payment to the industry players within the sector is not working and is suspected to have been discontinued,” they stated.

In the statement issued by the Senior Staff Association's National Chairman and addressed to the Minister of Energy, the Board Chairman, and the Chief Executive of GRIDCo, the staff are pointing accusing fingers at ECG for their refusal to pay, in full, for the services rendered to them by the company.

They explain that GRIDCo bills ECG - their major customer - over GH₵100 million per month, out of which only about 18% to 25% is paid, and in an irregular manner.