By Boakye Stephen, Kumasi, Ghana | Reporting for Ghanaian News, Canada | May 2, 2026
Policy analyst Kofi Bentil has shifted the conversation from electricity supply to something equally critical: public trust.
“Communication around power outages has been ‘insincere’.”
According to him, Ghana’s energy problem is not just technical, it is communicational and political.
“Everything that is serious is political, and energy is serious.”
While acknowledging the complexity of the sector, he insists politics must not destabilise it.
Interestingly, Bentil expresses strong confidence in engineers:
“The engineers at VRA have proven that if you leave them alone and provide the right leadership, there is almost nothing they cannot do.”
So what is the problem?
“The biggest problem with our energy sector is that it has suffered political interference, not leadership.”
He warns that financial interests are distorting decisions:
“There’s been too much political interference, and there’s too much money in that sector; it is messing with us.”
His solution is clear:
Build rational consensus
Reduce political interference
Prioritise long-term national interest
COMMENTARY | BOAKYE STEPHEN
Electricity can fail, but trust must not.
When communication becomes “insincere,” the crisis moves from wires to credibility.
A nation can endure outages.
It cannot endure misinformation.
