Dumsor: ‘It's a tragedy that Ghana doesn't learn and always goes back to zero’ — Prof Agyemang Duah

Professor Baffour Agyeman-Duah has described Ghana's return to the days of frequent power outages as a "tragedy", just eight years after overcoming a prolonged electricity crisis.

Speaking to Accra-based JoyNews on Thursday, March 28, the co-founder of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development described it as disappointing that Ghanaians are once again enduring 'dumsor' - the local term for power cuts.

"At times, I wonder whether there is any organization so to speak in what we do and whether public professionals are mindful of how citizens feel because the reaction is coming from all over," said Prof Agyeman-Duah.

He highlighted reports of hospitals facing blackouts with newborn babies, a situation he found reminiscent of war zones like Gaza.

According to him, Ghana has been here before, struggling with intermittent power cuts under the previous government.

Yet just eight years on after some stability, the problem has resurfaced, Prof Agyemang Duah laments.

"You come in eight years, and you come back to zero. That for me is a tragedy; it means this country either does not learn, we do not go forward, or we have people who are running our affairs; we are not competent," Prof Agyeman-Duah stated.

He also cited a lack of transparency from authorities on the causes, saying it breeds speculation when the public is left in the dark about issues in the energy sector.