All Ministries, Departments, and Agencies (MDAs) in Ghana must now make budget plans to pay their own electricity bills.
This new directive was announced by the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor, during a meeting with the Energy Committee and power sector agencies on Thursday, May 15, 2025.
According to the minister, this measures is to ensure MDAs take full responsibility for their power usage. Some essential services will have partial exemptions.
“Cabinet has also adopted a position and we will want to brief you on it. All MDAs are supposed to pay for their electricity bills. They have to budget for it. These include critical institutions which are the health sector, education sectors, security agencies, and the presidency.
Even with that, in the health sector, it is the laboratories, theatres, and wards that will be exempted.
In the educational sector, dormitories and restaurants are not included; it is just the lecture halls. We have classified these, and parliament is approving, so we can publish them,” Jinapor explained.
The Ministry is also urgently working to secure 1.1 billion Ghana Cedis to buy liquid fuel for power generation. Currently, Ghana’s fuel stock is expected to last only 2.6 days.
Speaking on Citi FM’s Eyewitness News on May 15, Jinapor admitted that the fuel figure is correct but said the situation is under control.
“On fuel stock, we did indicate to them that we have 2.6 days of fuel. But I also did say that fortunately, the Ministry of Finance has supported us, we’ve procured 450,000 barrels of light crude oil arriving this weekend,” the Minister confirmed.
He said this incoming supply will increase the country’s fuel reserves and help keep power generation stable.
“So, it is true that we have 2.6 days of stock, the good news is that we have 450,000 barrels coming in, so we shouldn’t panic. We will be okay. No [there is no looming power crisis],” Jinapor assured.
The government says it remains committed to keeping the lights on despite the current challenges.
