The Government says power outages in the Greater Kumasi area are expected to ease as upgrades to sub-transmission infrastructure are set to be completed by Friday, June 5, 2026.

Speaking at the Ghana–UK Investment Summit in London, Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor said the outages were due to weak local infrastructure, not national power shortages.

“When we assumed office, we realised there was what you call localised load shedding in Kumasi. The infrastructure was so weak that even when you have a reliable supply of power, the people of Kumasi keep suffering,” he said.

He said government had carried out emergency works, including additional transformers and new power lines.

“We’ve done an emergency project, we’ve put in additional transformers, and the briefing I got this morning is that by Friday the project will be completed and handed over,” he added.