I will lead demo against ECG, GRIDCO over ‘dumsor’ – Ashanti Regional Minister

Ashanti Regional Minister Simon Osei Mensah has issued a stern warning, threatening to organize a demonstration in his region against the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) due to the ongoing erratic power outages.

Mr. Osei Mensah expressed frustration over the lack of explanations from both ECG and GRIDCo regarding the cause of the outages. He emphasized that he has not received any satisfactory explanation despite efforts to engage with the Ministry of Energy on the matter.

Speaking on Angel FM in Kumasi, the Regional Minister indicated his readiness to lead the demonstration if necessary, making him potentially the first minister in the country to protest against his own government.

“The word of caution I’m sounding to the ECG and GRIDCO is that, if I don’t get a satisfactory explanation after listening to the Ministry of Energy with the response I’ll demonstrate against them,” he threatened.

Despite being a member of the current NPP government, the Minister expressed his strong disapproval of the situation and vowed not to allow ECG and GRIDCo to deprive the people of his region of electricity, especially when other regions are not facing similar challenges.

“I’m saying this and everybody should put on record, I’ll be the first government appointee, the first Regional Minister to lead a demonstration in this region if they are not able to give a reasonable explanation”, Mr Simon Osei Mensah told Kwame Tanko in his interview.

“I’ll lead a demonstration in the region and that time nobody should come and stop me”, he added.