The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration to publicly acknowledge the ongoing power crisis in Ghana, also as “dumsor.”

In an interview with Citi News, the NDC’s Deputy General Secretary, Mustapha Gbande, criticised the government for failing to admit the extent of the crisis and for not providing a clear load-shedding timetable to the public.

According to him, the government of deliberately avoiding an official acknowledgment of the power outages.

He questioned why officials within the New Patriotic Party (NPP) under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo have not been upfront with Ghanaians about the situation.

The NDC argues that the government’s reluctance to acknowledge the reality of the power crisis is rooted in a fear of political fallout.

Gbande stated that the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration is concerned that admitting to the situation would hurt their chances in the upcoming election, as Ghanaians continue to endure the inconvenience of power outages.

He stated, “Can somebody in the NPP under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo be honest enough to say that, look, this is the reality, we are back to Dumsor as President Mahama did? So, it is a school of thought of a dishonest class of people against a group of people who are willing to be real with the Ghanaian people.

“That is the same game plan they used in deceiving all of us and we have gotten to this point where we are. It is just a bunch of people who do not have an appreciation of truth.”

“They are not truthful to the people of Ghana. They have refused to be truthful to the people of Ghana. They will never be. The same people are rebranding themselves that Ghanaians should give them another opportunity.”

“They are afraid that if they come to tell Ghanaians that we are having dumsor, they will be punished politically. The ordinary voter who sleeps in dumsor feels the impact.”