In a statement, the government said the energy ministry has been placed under the direct supervision of President Julius Maada Bio, who will be assisted by two other officials.
Sesay’s resignation came hours after the government paid $18.5 million to two power providers, Turkish Karpowership and Transco-CLSG group.After two months of outages, power was restored in Freetown after the payments were announced. Since mid-April, Freetown and the cities of Bo, Kenema and Koidu have experienced multi-day stretches without electricity.“We are pleased to confirm that the electricity supply has returned to full capacity in Freetown,” the statement reads.
The company has been supplying electricity to Sierra Leone since 2018 from a floating offshore unit, but it had reduced its capacity from 65 megawatts to just five in recent months due to payment issues.In October, it briefly cut power to Guinea-Bissau, saying it had been left with no option “following a protracted period of non-payment”.
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