By Benjamin Tegbeh| LPR News, Abidjan
Ivorian Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Energy, Thomas Camara, has reassured the country that there will be stable electricity supply by mid-July 2021
Camara told the Ministry weekly press conference, that the matter was discussed at the Wednesday May 26, 2021, ministerial meeting at the Presidential Palace in Abidjan, noting that the country will not repeated power shortage.
He also apologized on behalf of the government to the Ivorian population for these power cuts which he blamed on technical fault.
“We are not victims of power cuts, but of a structural deficit, especially since Côte d’Ivoire has an installed electricity capacity of 230 Megawatts, for estimated national supply needs of 1600 Megawatts”, he clarified.
Minister Camara indicated that the country electric power production capacity is far greater than national demand, promising to learn from recent power disappointment and avoid experience such a situation again.
He reaffirmed the Ivorian government’s commitment in ensuring that the production tools are available to provide the amount of energy demanded by the population.
At the same time, Ivory Coast Minister of Communication, Media and Francophonie, Amadeus Coulibaly, admonished the populations to adopt good behavior by saving electricity supply.
“We must help reduce this rationing by saving energy; we no longer have electricity cuts, at night and on weekends, apart from a few blackouts which are stopped after a few minutes mainly because the rains and the raising of the levels of the dams, “he said.
Cote d’Ivoire has for a month now been experiencing huge electricity cuts throughout the country something which is hindering the economies as companies and organizations cannot work in time due to power cuts.
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