The state-run electricity company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power supplies to the parliament over a debt of $1.8m
A video shared by local media showed how the outage interrupted a debate on the president’s state of the nation speech with lawmakers chanting ‘Dumsor’, which means power outage in the local Akan language.
The power company’s communications director, William Boateng said it had resorted to disconnecting power because of parliament’s refusal to Honour demand notices to pay up.
Ghana’s electricity company, which is facing crippling financial difficulties, frequently disconnects power from indebted clients.
