The Minority Caucus in Parliament has petitioned President John Dramani Mahama to swiftly intervene in what it describes as a severe multi-sector governance crisis threatening Ghana’s stability.
In a petition dated May 13, 2026, signed by Minority Chief Whip Hon. Annoh-Dompreh, the opposition outlined systemic failures across energy, agriculture, education, and environmental sectors that are “compounding the burden on Ghanaians.”
At the forefront of the caucus’s concerns is the severe resurgence of persistent load-shedding, popularly known as “dumsor,” which continues to cripple domestic and industrial operations despite previous assurances from the government.
He criticised the recently introduced GHS 1 fuel levy, noting that despite collecting millions from the tax, power outages have grown more frequent while fuel prices have surged.
Pointing to the stark reality facing local businesses, the petition highlighted how a single unannounced 18-hour outage can destroy a small vendor’s entire investment, rendering the administration’s promise of a 24-hour economy a complete contradiction.
“Dumsor is not just a technical fault; it is a policy failure that is bleeding jobs and hope,” the statement noted, urging the executive to merge duplicated power agencies and urgently suspend the fuel levy.
The petition also exposed a bizarre paradox in Ghana’s agricultural and food distribution systems, citing a devastating crop glut at the farmgate level happening simultaneously with critical food shortages in public Senior High Schools.
According to the Minority, institutional failures within the National Food Buffer Stock Company have left bumper harvests of maize, yams, and tomatoes to rot in rural areas like Ketu South because farmers cannot find buyers, while schools go hungry and households rely on expensive imported alternatives.
The caucus warned that without an emergency purchase scheme and structural storage reforms, desperate farmers abandoning their lands out of financial ruin could trigger a future national famine.
Compounding these sector crises are unfolding administrative irregularities at the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), where the Minority alleges that over 3,000 contract staff were unlawfully recruited without a constituted Governing Board or proper financial clearance from the Ministry of Finance.
Months into their probation, these recruits have reportedly seen their contractual salaries unilaterally slashed by nearly 70%, pushing professional staff into severe financial distress and destabilizing the nation’s environmental oversight.
The Minority cautioned that ignoring these compounding warning signs will spiral the economy out of administrative control, stressing that the cost of inaction will ultimately be borne by the ordinary taxpayer.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
