Lawuratu Musah-Saaka, a member of the New Patriotic Party communications team, has criticised the governing National Democratic Congress over recent power cuts, commonly known as dumsor, accusing it of repeating the very problems it once condemned.
Speaking to Moro Awudu on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana on April 28, she said the government was struggling under the weight of its own past statements and promises.
“I just think they are being chased by their own shadows. The current administration is being chased by their own shadows,” she said. “It’s like the things they criticize are the same things they are repeating.”
She argued that Ghanaians were less interested in political messaging and more concerned about basic stability in electricity supply.
“What are Ghanaians asking for? Ghanaians are not asking for slogans, they’re asking for light, predictability, and honest accounting,” she said.
Ms Musah-Saaka also claimed that the impact of power outages was widespread and indiscriminate, affecting households, businesses and public services alike.
“The dumsor we are all experiencing doesn’t differentiate party A from party B. It doesn’t differentiate children from adults. It doesn’t differentiate a hospital from a construction site. We are all suffering it,” she said.
She further accused the government of inconsistency in its explanations for the outages, saying earlier criticisms of maintenance schedules and technical operations had now become part of current practice.
She also pointed to the duration and frequency of recent outages, describing them as highly disruptive to daily life.
“You hear the likes of the current Energy Minister questioning why lights were going off at night. Today, are we not going off at night?” she asked.
Source: metrotvonline.com
