By Boakye Stephen, Kumasi, Ghana | Reporting for Ghanaian News, Canada | April 28, 2026
The Minority in Parliament has firmly rejected any suggestion that the recent fire outbreak at the Akosombo substation is the cause of Ghana’s ongoing power outages.
At a press conference, Collins Adomako-Mensah argued the crisis predates the incident.
“Ghana’s power crisis, the dumsor that millions of Ghanaians have been enduring since January 25, was not caused by any accident at Akosombo. It was caused by this government,”
He added:
“The events of 23rd April are the latest and most dramatic symptom of a power sector left to decay under the NDC’s incompetent stewardship,”
And further warned:
“The Mahama government must not be permitted to use this incident as a convenient alibi for a crisis that predates it by more than a year, and the Minority will not allow that cynical rewriting of history to pass unchallenged,”
He continued:
“Long before the event of 23rd April 2026, Ghanaians across every region of this country had been enduring persistent, unannounced, and devastating power outages,”
And described the human impact:
“Communities were living in darkness, not for hours, but for days. Industries were hemorrhaging losses. Cold stores were warm. Hospitals were straining on generators,”
COMMENTARY (BOAKYE STEPHEN VOICE)
This is no longer just about a fire or a technical fault, it is now a battle of narratives over national accountability. When a country begins to debate whether suffering has an “origin story,” it reveals deeper institutional distrust. The real question is no longer what caused dumsor, but why every cause becomes political before it becomes technical.
