Reports indicating that there will be a statewide power outage in Ghana on Sunday, July 13 have been rejected by the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, which called the assertions false and deceptive.
Although reports indicated otherwise, Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor had warned that there might be brief power outages on Sunday, July 13, 2025, as a result of an ENI shutdown planned to boost gas production and perform plant maintenance.
Richmond Rockson, the Ministry’s spokesperson and head of communication, explained on Citi Eyewitness News on Wednesday, July 9, that although planned maintenance by ENI may cause brief power outages, there are no plans for a nationwide blackout or a return to widespread “dumsor.”
“I have seen some misreporting from some media houses that there will be a nationwide blackout. That is not what the Minister said. That is inaccurate; that is falsehood,” Rockson stated.
“He [Energy Minister] said that because of that, there is a possibility that we may have interruptions in power supply, and the Ministry has put in place measures to ensure that we don’t have any nationwide dumsor or any dumsor as people are speculating.”