Energy crisis is tormenting creative industry - Wanlov

Outspoken Ghanaian musician Wanlov the Kubolor
has lamented that the worsening situation of the
energy crisis in Ghana is having an adverse impact
on the country’s creative arts industry.
According to Wanlov, a lot of musicians keep
postponing their recording sessions and projects
while entertainment events and concert organisers
also keep cancelling shows due to the erratic power
supply.
“Our industry is just as reliable on electricity as the
food industry and so on.
The ‘dumsor’ has already affected we the people in
the creative industry in many ways. A lot of
projects could not go on. We keep postponing our
recordings because of the lights off. Some studios
which record and mix daily are not able to make
their money anymore because most of these
studios cannot mix or record with generators and
the noise it generates,” Wanlov told NEWS-ONE.
“Recently I was on Yaw Sakyi’s Basketball show on
TV3 and the lights went off three times during the
transmission.
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The incident affected the production because they
lost some time and I’m sure they lost some
viewers too who would change their TV sets to a
different channel,” the ‘Beatrice’ hit singer
recounted.
The barefoot-walking musician recommended that
in this part of the world where there is constant
sunlight, it was about time estate developers and
the government incorporated solar panels into their
designs so that individuals could generate power by
themselves.
“In this part of Ghana, we are struggling with
electricity. All these new buildings, estates and
complexes, they need to start incorporating solar
panels into their designs so they can power
themselves and not have to connect to the national
grid because these generators are polluting the
environment,” he stated.
The power crisis has intensified in recent times,
with the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) now
providing most Ghanaians with only 12 hours of
electricity.