Dumsor: Mahama gave us ‘dum, dum, dum’ but we are now in the era of ‘dum sie sie’ – Energy Minister

The Minister of Energy, Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh has questioned the motives of persons who insist the country is experiencing persistent, irregular, and unpredictable electric power outages, popularly known as ‘dumsor’.

Answering questions during Parliament's Government Assurance Committee sitting on Friday, May 3, he said the era of ‘dumsor’ was only experienced during the administration of former President John Dramani Mahama.

He argued that for four years, the then NDC government could not keep the power on and subjected Ghanaians to a period of ‘dum, dum, dum’ where there was constantly no power continuously for days.

According to Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh, what is being experienced currently is an exercise called ‘dum sie sie’ where the lights go off for a while for government to fix challenges.

“I’m not sure I’m here to talk about dumsor as you want to drag me into it but I told you that when I got to the Ministry we’ve gone past the era where we had 72-76 hours of light out and six hours of light on. We are in the era of ‘dum sie sie’ which is profoundly different from ‘dumsor’.

“Dumsor as inflicted on Ghanaians only happened as characterized Mahama’s government. He’s the only president on record that for four years that he reigned, for four years that he governed it was ‘dum, dum, dum.’ If the nonpartisan colleague says now it’s worse then I don’t know where his realities lie,” Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh said.

Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has also assured Ghanaians that the era of ‘dumsor’ will not return.