Also known as: Mr Jinapor · the Minister for Energy and Green Transition · Minister · Jinapor · Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor · Dr Jinapor · Mr. Jinapor · Dr John Abdulai Jinapor
Energy Minister overseeing power sector response to Akosombo hydroelectric plant fire, directing audit and restoration efforts.
Ghana's Energy Minister announced that the Ghana Grid Company will begin major transmission reinforcement works in Kumasi in June to strengthen the power system and improve electricity stability in the Ashanti Region, though authorities have delayed the full rollout until after the World Cup period to minimize disruptions.
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Ghana's Energy Minister announced that the Ghana Grid Company will begin major transmission reinforcement works in Kumasi in June to strengthen the power system and improve electricity stability in the Ashanti Region, though authorities have delayed the full rollout until after the World Cup period to minimize disruptions.
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The Electricity Company of Ghana will publish power outage schedules at shorter intervals as restoration work at Akosombo Hydroelectric Plant continues to shift rapidly, Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor announced. Because generation levels change within hours depending on work progress, the utility cannot maintain the usual long-term load-shedding timetable.
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Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor acknowledged two major setbacks affecting electricity supply but assured that technical teams are actively resolving them and expressed confidence in the sector's overall trajectory of progress and reform.
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Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has assured Ghanaians of honest communication and regular updates on electricity supply challenges following a recent fire incident at the Akosombo Hydroelectric Power Station. The incident has created a supply gap affecting parts of the country, with the situation described as fluid and difficult to predict through fixed load-shedding schedules.
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A fire at Akosombo Dam damaged a critical control room responsible for transmitting electricity from generation plants to the national grid, preventing power evacuation across the country. Minister John Jinapor described it as one of the most serious and unprecedented disruptions in Ghana's power sector.
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The Minister for Energy and Green Transition outlined government interventions in the power sector over the past 15 months, attributing recent electricity disruptions to technical challenges at Akosombo Substation while assuring restoration efforts. He noted that when the current administration took office in December 2024, the sector faced a generation deficit of over 700 megawatts, which coordinated reforms across generation, transmission, and distribution—including improved payments to Independent Power Producers and stabilised fuel supply—have since helped address.
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Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has attributed Ghana's ongoing power challenges to both the recent Akosombo Hydroelectric Plant fire and long-standing structural problems, including obsolete equipment and failing transformers across the distribution network. ECG's expenditure has been reduced from GH¢9.3 billion in 2024 to GH¢1.8 billion in 2025 to prioritise critical infrastructure.
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Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor announced that two generating units at Akosombo have been restored to operation ahead of schedule following a devastating substation fire that had crippled power evacuation from Ghana's largest hydro plant. The restoration is expected to ease supply deficits that caused widespread outages across Ashanti, Central, and Tema regions over the previous 48 hours, with technical teams working to restore a third unit.
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Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor apologised to Ghanaians for power outages caused by a fire at the Akosombo Hydroelectric Plant, stating the government did not foresee the scale of the disaster. The fire destroyed the control room and prevented more than 1,000 megawatts of power from being transmitted to the national grid.
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Former Greater Accra Regional Minister Titus Glover has criticized Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor's directive asking GRIDCo CEO Mark Awuah Baah to step aside, calling it a "knee-jerk reaction" while investigations into the Akosombo substation fire remain ongoing. Glover questioned the basis for the decision and argued that from a layman's perspective the fire appeared accidental, stating that action should not be taken "based on gossip and speculation" without evidential proof.
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