Dumsor to worsen

The current energy crisis in the country is likely to worsen Nigeria has cut gas supply to Ghana.

Ghana’s electricity generation is expected to be reduced by about 200 megawatts due to the current events in Nigeria.

Nigerian oil workers' unions at state-owned Nigerian Petroleum Development Co Tuesday said they have begun industrial action to protest the transfer of the operatorship by the government of prolific onshore oil block OML 42, sold by Shell, to an indigenous company.

The strike by the NPDC branches of the white collar Pengassan and its blue-collar counterpart Nupeng to protest the transfer of OML 42 to Neconde Energy, shut down about 100,000 b/d of NPDC's oil production, union and company sources said.

Corporate Affairs Manager of the West Africa Gas Company, Harriet Wireku-Brobbey confirmed that the workers of the gas company in the West African country are on strike.