Ghana holds emergency talks with Nigeria to avert cut to gas supply

Nigerian gas flows to Ghana through the West African Gas Pipeline Company’s pipe that runs via Benin and Togo. The Volta River Authority (VRA) buys the gas to fire power plants mainly in the east of the country.

Hydro supplies around 50 percent of Ghana’s power with the rest from its own gas and other sources.

The power crisis stems from a fall in supply from Ghana’s dams, government underpayment to the Electricity Company of Ghana, residents’ illegal consumption and tariffs too low for VRA to recoup its costs.

Source: Reuters

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