The Minority in Parliament has called on the Akufo-Addo led government to prioritise the constant supply of power during the lockdown aimed at curbing community spread of the covid-19 disease.

A statement signed by the Minority Spokesperson on Mines and Energy, Adams Mutawakilu,  stressed that it is pertinent that an essential service like electricity supply is improved upon for the period the lockdown will last.

“Given that more Ghanaians will be staying and working in their various homes, and with kids having to connect with their academic tutors via e-learning platforms, reliable but stable supply of power is required to keep life together in times like this” he noted.

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Due to this, Adam Mutawakilu said in an interview with Accra based Citi FM that the unscheduled power cuts experienced in parts of the country over the last month must not continue.

“We have enough generation [capacity]. The government should not complain of a lack of fuel and therefore, we should not expect the dumsor that we have been experiencing up until today to continue. That is why we are calling on Nana Akufo-Addo to make the constant supply of electricity a priority,” he said.

The minority urged “the President and by extension the government to assure Ghanaians of a stable supply of electricity in order to allow for life in their homes worthy to live”.

The recent power challenges have been met by calls for a load-shedding time table.

But the government has downplayed these calls with the Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) for example insisting that the power shortfalls are not persistent or consistent.

GRIDCo blamed the lack of sustained financing to fuel the various dual power generation plants for some of the recent power cuts.

The lack of fuel for plants in the western and eastern enclaves had been identified as the cause of the shortfalls.

The Minister of Energy, John Peter Amewu, however, said his sector has enough financial backing to generate enough power for the country.

Ghana has begun a partial lockdown of Accra, Tema, Kumasi and Kasoa as part of measures to fight the novel coronavirus pandemic.