Gov’t secures 450,000 barrels of fuel to avert power crisis
By Solomon Nartey Tetteh
The government has acquired 450,000 barrels of fuel to address Ghana’s worsening power supply issues and stabilize electricity across the country.
The delivery, confirmed by the Ministry of Energy and Green Transition, is expected to bring urgent relief to the ongoing disruptions that have plagued homes and businesses in recent weeks.
The fuel shipment, which arrived at the Tema Port, will be allocated to power plants experiencing shortages—particularly those operated by Independent Power Producers (IPPs).
This intervention follows weeks of erratic electricity supply caused by dwindling fuel reserves for thermal generation. Just last week, Energy Minister John Jinapor sounded the alarm on an impending nationwide blackout, revealing that Ghana had less than three days’ worth of liquid fuel left.
Appearing before Parliament’s Energy Committee on May 15, Mr. Jinapor disclosed that the Ministry was in a race against time to secure billions of cedis to pay for critical fuel supplies.
“The Ministry of Finance is being engaged, but due to financial constraints, our options remain limited,” he told the committee.
The Minister also noted that while some of the latest delivery was procured on credit, the lack of immediate funding continues to threaten the country’s power stability. The 450,000-barrel consignment is widely seen as a vital step toward preventing a full-scale energy crisis and ensuring continuous supply to the national grid.
