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Parts of Accra to experience power interruption on Sunday for emergency GRIDCo tower restoration
(GRIDCo) has announced an emergency power interruption in parts of the Greater Accra Region on Sunday, August 16, 2026, to facilitate the replacement of a damaged transmission tower on the Tema–Achimota 161kV transmission line at Ashaiman.
The company further said, following a directive by the Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, all persons, businesses, land users and other entities encroaching on transmission line Rights-of-Way across the country must cease unauthorised activities and vacate the affected corridors within one month.
According to GRIDCo, the tower was damaged after a fuel tanker exploded while welding work was being carried out on its tank within the transmission line’s Right-of-Way (RoW).
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