May 4, 2017 BBC News Africa *#StopGalamseyNow*Verified account @Citi973 <https://twitter.com/Citi973> Follow More Nationwide blackout hits Ghana | More here: https://goo.gl/s5sdKo <https://t.co/Uxc8bTGgSE> #CitiCBS <https://twitter.com/hashtag/CitiCBS?src=hash> - RETWEETS5 - [image: ♕Living The Life ♕] <https://twitter.com/iampuji>[image: Mr. Eli] <https://twitter.com/theBrightMayer>[image: Senyo K.] <https://twitter.com/sefia7kofi>[image: robert newton] <https://twitter.com/robertn999991>[image: that_cute_shortguy] <https://twitter.com/ShortShyguy> 12:08 AM - 4 May 2017 3 replies5 retweets0 likes Reply 3 Retweet 5 Like Millions of Ghanaians were left without electricity last night after a massive power outage which affected "virtually every part of the country", according to the head of the national grid, local media report. "There was a surge of power around 9:40pm last night; we lost many generators across the country," GRIDCo chief executive William Amuna told Citi FM <http://citifmonline.com/2017/05/04/nationwide-blackout-power-will-be-restored-in-3-hours-gridco/> . He told the station that he expected full power to be restored by 10am local time (10:00 GMT). Authorities are still investigating the cause of the blackout, but have suggested it could have been down to a lightning strike. It was not due to any planned load-shedding, according to Mr Amuna. The last nationwide blackout, in January 2016, was blamed on a "system failure". *Asempa News* @AsempaNews <https://twitter.com/AsempaNews> Follow More Ghana experiences nationwide blackout http://dlvr.it/P3WLMk <https://t.co/YAPQCmi4ee> - RETWEET1 - LIKES2 - [image: qwekuagyare] <https://twitter.com/KWekuNas1>[image: Edmund Amoako] <https://twitter.com/EdmundAmoako7> 12:52 AM - 4 May 2017 0 replies1 retweet2 likes Reply Retweet 1 Like 2 Read more: Eight surprising consequences of Ghana's power outages <https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjm1sSW_9XTAhUEuhQKHTQLBHkQFggnMAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fworld-africa-32721265&usg=AFQjCNHBoxX_Y-7QowX13At0FklEmOOMsw&sig2=wERlnZkf6MZznx1ZZkXrfQ> -- Ann Marie "The art of living consists of knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore." -- Mardy Grothe ################################################################################################# Join the African Association of Madison, Inc. for $25 per year. Mail check to: AAM, PO Box 1016, Madison, WI 53701 Phone: 608-258-0261 Email: [log in to unmask] Web: www.AfricanAssociationofMadison.org ################################################################################################# *** Send email to the list: [log in to unmask] *** *** Access AAM list archives: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/AAM.html ***
