Fetish priests, priestesses, and the entire chiefs of the Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council have performed rituals to appease the gods of Apam. The ritual comes after a group of teenagers drowned at the sea in Apam on Sunday, March 7. For the traditional rulers, the customary rites have to be carried out since the incident is unprecedented and the gods must be pacified. After consultation from the gods, Queen mother of Apam, Nana Essel Botchwey III revealed that the gods have demanded a fattened cow, three sheep, 12 fowls, 33 tubers of yam, three cartons on schnapps amongst others. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday This according to her, must be presented to nananom before the remaining bodies which have still not been found will be discovered. In an interview with Adom News, she indicated that the gods were very angry because the children swimming at where they the gods bath. A fetish priest performing customary rites to appease the gods. “Nananom made it clear they were angry so it was a must for us to come here today to do this ritual. And we are happy that everything went well because the first fowl we sacrificed was accepted by our gods. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec “We are also cleansing all curse and bad omen that is looming in Apam and the family of the teenagers we lost,” she told Adom News’ Kofi Adjei. Traditional leaders of Gomoa assemble by the Apam sea to witness the rituals On his part, Sumankwahene of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council, Nana Okofo Annan cautioned residents particularly children to respect customary laws. He noted that the story of the youngsters who drowned should serve as a lesson to others in the area. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-j-j-rawlings-dies-at-73 A priestess performing customary rites at the ceremony. Moreover, the Oshihene of Gomoa Akyempim Traditional Council, Nana Okofo Ohene Ampofo said he is yet to recover from the shock of the incident. He said the traditional council as part of its way to protect children in the area from meeting the same fate will put a ban on children from swimming. Credit: Myjoyonline.com

I am very disappointed in Ghana Education Service over what they have made Madam Abena Serwaah Mankosa go through in these last few days. What happened to patting someone at the back for coming up with a great idea and implementing it? I feel sad as a Ghanaian sometimes when people look down on others while they do nothing when they expected to? Read also: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/dr-addo-kufuor-turns-80-ministry-of-interior-ghana-medical-association-celebrates-him So out of her will she sort to paint, sew school uniforms, nose mask and provide the caterers in the school with plantain and eggs for the kids and she gets backlashed? I have personally been following her on Facebook and I must say, these little gestures are worth emulating. I have come to realize that the little gestures from Abenah have motivated the pupils to go to school everyday. If we are to speak the truth in this country, what is the educational situation in most remote areas in the country? Very poor, most children do not even go to school since they have to walk for miles to and from school. https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/ges-to-consider-sanctioning-female-teacher-who-feeds-pupils-with-her-own-money This young girl in her own thoughts believes painting the class, sewing uniforms, nose mask and the eggs will make the less privileged children to not only come to school but also be motivated to study hard. When I heard the news about GES looking at sanctioning her, I asked myself, are these Authorities doing the right thing, did the girl's actions expose them? It is however a shame for her to go through such an ordeal. What in God's name is happening in this country? READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/tracey-boakye-gifts-skit-comedian-kyekyeku-2-000-ghc11-470-00-video I hope and pray that she gets a call up to teach in a private school in the country. Credit: Joshua Kwabena Smith Disclaimer: The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of ThinkNews Online. ThinkNews Online will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article.

Presidential candidate aspirant of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Hon. Joe Ghartey, the dream to build Ghana into a prosperous nation must be a collective as well as an individual aspiration. Hon. Ghartey, a well respected lawyer, made the call in his keynote speech as the Special Guest of Honor at the handing-over and swearing-in ceremony of the Ghana Union Of Professional Students (GUPS) on Friday, March 12, 2012. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/tiwa-savage-femi-made-kuti-also-won-grammys Speaking at the ceremony held at the Accra Metropolitan Assembly Auditorium, Hon. Ghartey, a former Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, stated emphatically that “the Ghanaian dream must be a collective dream as well as an individual dream and aspiration.” According to the former Attorney General and Minister of Justice, “Whilst as a nation we can collectively aspire to a Ghana Beyond Aid, we must also individually have our aspirations.” “The dream for every Ghanaian should be that no matter where you come from in Ghana or the circumstances of your birth the society must be organised in such a manner that you as an individual can achieve your aspirations. That should be the Ghanaian dream,” says the longest-serving and highly respected Member of Parliament (MP) for Essikado Ketan Constituency. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/i-might-come-back-into-music-in-a-different-way-kojo-soboh-video “With hard work and God’s guidance you can achieve your dream,” Hon. Ghartey, a respected law lecturer who has lectured in a number of universities in Ghana as well as at the Ghana School of Law where professional lawyers are trained, stated as he gave hope of a brighter and more prosperous future to all Ghanaians, especially the youth. Credit: African Entertainment

Nigeria Afrobeats stars, Burna Boy and Wizkid have both won awards at the 2021 Grammys. Burna Boy won the Best Global Music Album category while Wizkid won the Best Music Video for his song with Beyoncé; Brown Skin Girl, from Lion King: The Gift album. Congrats to these two greats, for placing Africa on the map. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/my-surname-is-john-not-rawlings-ex-prez-rawlings-reveals Checkout full list of winners below: Best Dance Recording KAYTRANADA ft KALI UCHIS Best Contemporary Instrumental Album – ‘LIVE AT THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL’ Snarky Puppy Best Dance/Electronic Album – ‘BUBBA’ KAYTRA NADA Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Cappella -‘DONNA LEE’ by johnny beasley Best Music Video – ‘BROWN SKIN GIRL’ by Beyonce, BlueIvy and wizkidayo Best Music Film – ‘LINDA RONSTADT: THE SOUND OF MY VOICE’ Best Instrumental Composition – ‘SPUTNIK’ by schneider maria READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/j-j-rawlings-goes-home-on-january-27 Best New Age Album – ‘MORE GUITAR STORIES’ by western most Best Gospel Performance/Song – ‘MOVIN’ ON’ by jon mcreynolds, Mali Music, Darryl L Howell, Terrell Demetrius Wilson Best Contemporary Christian Music Album – ‘JESUS IS KING’ Kanye West Best Roots Gospel Album – ‘CELEBRATING FISK! (THE 150TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM)’ by Fisk Jubilee Best Gospel Album – ‘GOSPEL ACCORDING TO PJ’ by PJ MORTON Best Recording Package – ‘VOLS. 11 & 12’ for Doug Cunningham, Jason Noto, Desert Sessions Read also: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/dr-addo-kufuor-turns-80-ministry-of-interior-ghana-medical-association-celebrates-him Best Boxed Or Special Limited Edition Package – ‘ODE TO JOY’ for LAD design, Jeff Tweedy and Wilco Best Album Notes – ‘DEAD MAN’S POP’ for Bob Mehr and The Replacements Best Historical Album – ‘IT’S SUCH A GOOD FEELING: THE BEST OF MISTER ROGERS’ for Mister Rogers Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical – ‘HYPERSPACE’ by beck Best Remixed Recording – ‘ROSES (IMANBEK REMIX)’ by SAINt JHN Best Engineered Album, Classical– ‘SHOSTAKOVICH: SYMPHONY NO. 13, ‘BABI YAR” by Maestro Muti chicago symphony Producer Of The Year, Classical – David Frost READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/my-surname-is-john-not-rawlings-ex-prez-rawlings-reveals Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album – ‘LA CONQUISTA DEL ESPACIO’ by Fito Paez Best Regional Mexican Music Album (Including Tejano) – ‘UN CANTO POR MÉXICO, VOL. 1′ by Lafourcade Best Tropical Latin Album – ’40’ by Grupo Niche Best Orchestral Performance – ‘IVES: COMPLETE SYMPHONIES’ for GustavoDudamel and Los Angeles Philamonica Best Opera Recording – ‘GERSHWIN: PORGY AND BESS’ – MET Orchestra, Met Opera Chorus Best Choral Performance – ‘DANIELPOUR: THE PASSION OF YESHUA’ James K Bass, jnaib mezzo, Timothy Fallon, UCLAChamberSingers Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance – ‘CONTEMPORARY VOICES’ by Pacifica Quartet READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-rawlings-funeral-postponed-indefinitely Best Classical Instrumental Solo – ‘THEOFANIDIS: CONCERTO FOR VIOLA AND CHAMBER ORCHESTRA’ by Albany symphony Best Classical Solo Vocal Album – ‘ROUNDAGAIN’ for EXO Orchestra, sarah enb, dashon burton, Blachly James Best Classical Compendium – ‘THOMAS, M.T.: FROM THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK & MEDITATIONS ON RILKE’ Isabel Leonard, m tilson thomas, Jack Vad Best Compilation Soundtrack For Visual Media – ‘JOJO RABBIT’ Best Contemporary Classical Composition – ‘ROUSE: SYMPHONY NO. 5’ Christopher Rouse Giancarlo Guerrero and nashville symphony Best Song Written For Visual Media – ‘NO TIME TO DIE [FROM NO TIME TO DIE]’ Billie Eilish and Finneas Best American Roots Performance – ‘ROUNDAGAIN’ by John Prine READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-j-j-rawlings-dies-at-73 Best American Roots Song – ‘I REMEMBER EVERYTHING’ Pat McLaughlin & John Prine Best Americana Album – ‘WORLD ON THE GROUND’ by sarah jarosz Best Bluegrass Album – ‘HOME’ by Billy Strings Best Traditional Blues Album winner – ‘RAWER THAN RAW’ by Bobby Rush Blues Best Latin Jazz Album – ‘FOUR QUESTIONS’ Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album – ‘DATA LORDS’ – schneider maria Best Jazz Instrumental Album- ‘TRILOGY 2’ – ChickCorea, mcbrides world, Brian Blade Best Jazz Vocal Album Solo – ‘SECRETS ARE THE BEST STORIES’- kurt Elling ft. Danilo Perez READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec Congrats Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album – ‘AMERICAN STANDARD’ James Taylor Best Pop Duo/Group Performance – ‘RAIN ON ME’ lady gaga and Ariana Grande Best R&B Album winner – ‘BIGGER LOVE’ John Legend Best Progressive R&B Album – ‘IT IS WHAT IT IS’ by Thundercat Best R&B Song – “BETTER THAN I IMAGINED” robert glasper and HERMusicx Best Traditional R&B Performance – ‘ANYTHING FOR YOU’ Ledisi Best Improvised Jazz Solo – ‘ALL BLUES’by Chick Corea Best Alternative Music Album – ‘FETCH THE BOLT CUTTERS’ by fiona apple READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday Best Musical Theater Album – ‘JAGGED LITTLE PILL’ jagged musical Sparkles Best Comedy Album – ‘BLACK MITZVAH’ by Tiffany Haddish Best Spoken Word Album winner – ‘BLOWOUT: CORRUPTED DEMOCRACY, ROGUE STATE RUSSIA, AND THE RICHEST, MOST DESTRUCTIVE INDUSTRY ON EARTH’ 0 Rachel Maddow Best Children’s Music Album winner – ‘ALL THE LADIES’ by joanie leeds Best Global Music Album – ‘TWICE AS TALL’ by Burna Boy Best Reggae Album – ‘GOT TO BE TOUGH’ toots and the maytals Best Regional Roots Music Album- ‘ATMOSPHERE’ New Orleans Nightcrawlers Best Folk Album winner – ‘ALL THE GOOD TIMES’ gillian welch and Dave Rawlings READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/responding-to-the-covid-19-pandemic-did-africa-act-in-the-interest-of-africans Best Traditional Blues Album – ‘RAWER THAN RAW’ @Bobby Rush Blues Best Country Solo Performance – ‘WHEN MY AMY PRAYS’ Vince Gill Best Rock Album winner – ‘THE NEW ABNORMAL’by the Strokes Best Rock Song winner – ‘STAY HIGH’ Brittany Howard Best Metal Performance – ‘BUM-RUSH’ by Body Count Best Rock Performance winner – ‘SHAMEIKA’ by fiona apple Best Rap Album winner – ‘KING’S DISEASE’ by Nas READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/i-might-come-back-into-music-in-a-different-way-kojo-soboh-video Best Rap Performance winner – ‘SAVAGE’ by Megahn Thee Stallion ft. Beyonce Producer Of The Year, Non-Classical winner – Watt Best Country Song – ‘CROWDED TABLE’ Brandi Carlile, Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, The Highwomen Best Country Duo/Group Performance – “10,000 HOURS” Dan And Shay & justin bieber Credit: Sammy Kay Media

The recently held 63rd Grammy awards unarguably saw the Nigerian flag fly high. The night saw Burna Boy make history as the first Nigerian solo act to win the recording academy award after his album ‘Twice As Tall’ was announced as the winner of the Best Global Music category. Prior to Burna’s win, Wizkid had earned his very first Grammy for his collaboration with Beyonce on ‘Brown Skin Girl’. The song’s video won in the Best Video category. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec Away from the show’s biggest winners, star songstress Tiwa Savage and veteran Afrobeats star Femi Kuti and son, Made Kuti also got a share of the Grammy magic. The artistes got a nod for their collaboration on Coldplay’s 2019 Everyday Life album which got the Best Record Packing and Album of The Year. The Nigerian stars were featured on one of the album’s records titled ‘Arabesque‘. Despite the album’s win, Savage and the Kutis will unfortunately not be getting Grammy plaques. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday This is due to the Grammys rule that only artistes with 33% participation on an album can get plaques. However, the artistes will get Grammy certificates for their effort. The recording academy’s rule states: For albums containing at least 51% playing time of new vocal or instrumental recordings. Award to Artist(s) and to Featured Artist(s), Songwriter(s) of new material, Producer(s), Recording Engineer(s), Mixer(s) and Mastering Engineer(s) credited with at least 33% playing time of the album, if other than Artist. Generally, if you participated in creating a significant portion of the album (defined as at least 33 percent of its playing time), you get a golden gramophone.“ READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/i-stopped-going-to-church-because-of-how-some-members-stared-at-me-baddest-cona Femi Kuti has gotten five Grammy nominations with no wins. Credit: Sammy Kay Media

Many African music lovers were proud when Nigerians artistes, Burna Boy, Wizkid and Tiwa Savage made their country and Africa proud as won big at the Grammys on 14th March, 2021. In the spirit of comradeship, goodwill message has been expressed on social media to congratulate these Nigerian artistes and some also queried when will Ghanaian artistes achieve this feat. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday Stonebwoy in a tweet reacting to this stated “With All Due Respect Let All other African Nations Give It Up For Nigeria. For their Constant efforts in Holding the Mantle for Africa when it comes to entertainment On The Global Scene. Congrats for holding it down at the Grammys.. As for Ghana , smh I’ll be back" Upon sighting this tweet from the Bhim boss, Samini expressed his disappointment at Stonebwoy regarding his tweet about Ghana winning Grammys and added Stonebwoy has disrespected him. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec No disrespect, You just finished a twitter beef with Shatta is it my turn now?? Source: Sammy Kay Media

Ghanaian comedian, Funny Face after weeks of hurdle from his arrest to subsequently being arraigned before court and finally being admitted at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital for unstable mental health condition, the Children President has finally rendered an apology to the Ghana Police Service. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday In a video sighted by sammykaymedia.com, the self acclaimed ‘Kasoa Vadamme’ rendered an unqualified apology to the rank and file of the Police service for his misbehavior and added that as at the time of his arrest, he was going through a lot hence his plea now to the security service to forgive him. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec Funny Face in the past few weeks embarked on an insulting spree targeted at some personnel of the Ghana Police Service for manhandling and brutalizing him when he was arrested at Kasoa Millennium City. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/breaking-news-j-j-rawlings-dies-at-73 Watch video below: Credit: Sammy Kay Media

Ghanaian Musician, Baddest Cona has revealed that she feels uncomfortable going to church ever since she started doing secular music. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec During an interview with Sammy Kay on the Go online show, the legendary music signee said "Growing up as a young girl, I used to sing at church, but venturing into secular music now, she stopped attending church because of the weird eyeballs she attracts when ever she steps her foot into church" READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday Watch the full interview below: Credit: Sammy Kay Media

Executive Director of EMY Africa Awards, Kojo Soboh, formerly known as Kojo Rana has expressed his love and passion for music despite the fact that he is currently out of it. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday Speaking in an interview with Sammy Kay on the Go online show, the former musician stated that he loves music and music remains his talent, even though he is not doing it professionally now. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec He hinted that he might come back into the music industry in a different way in the near future and further added that music has helped him in diverse ways which currently aid and help him in the field he currently finds himself. Watch the video below: Credit: Sammy Kay Media

Artiste Manager and Entertainment Critic, Lawrence Asiamah known in showbiz as Bulldog has fired Ghanaian Politicians saying they gather in large numbers for their selfish interest while the creative industry cannot come together and earn a living. In an Instagram post sighted by ThinkNews Online, he said "Politician borrow to pay themselves for no work done but squeeze the last cedi from citizens via high task and guessed that probably politicians are special living things" READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec He also lashed players in the creative arts industry calling them ‘scaredy-cats.’ "When one calls for a demonstration for the transgression being meted out to the creative industry, players within the industry will not show up because most of them are ‘scaredy-cats.’ he added. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday Read full post below: Story by: Joshua Kwabena Smith

Victorien Adebayor has successfully passed his medicals at Legon Cities. The Accra based Ghana Premier League Club signed the Nigerien attacker on loan from HB Køge. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/registered-voters-can-access-their-details-on-the-ec-website-ussd-code-android-mobile-apps-ec The Danish Division 1 club allowed the former Inter Allies player back to Ghana after feeling homesick while away in Denmark. He is expected to partner legendary Ghanaian striker, Asamoah Gyan when the 2nd round of the 2020/21 season resumes. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/local-news-political-parties-support-proposal-to-make-election-day-a-public-holiday Below is an embed tweet: Source: riddimsghana.com

Little investigation I carried out into the recent nationwide power shutdown on Sunday, 7th March 2021, clearly points to an Ineffective Auto Under-Frequency Load Shedding (AUFLS) control system on Ghana’s power generation and transmission systems. In power generation and transmission system, one most important protective measures used to prevent sudden and complete power shutdown, is the use of Auto Under Frequency Load Shedding (AUFLS) Scheme. This control system is exactly what Ghana power system lacks and must install with alacrity to prevent reoccurrence of the last Back Sunday. The purpose of AUFLS is to balance power generation and load in situations where a sudden loss of generating capacity on a system causes significant drop in frequency of an interconnection or islanded area. In other words, the AUFLS serves as a defense mechanism for the power generation plants, particularly effective in arresting the frequency collapse of the grid in the event of sudden loss of major generation. Exact situation we are told it happened in Ghana last Sunday, which led to the total power shutdown across the country. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/yea-disassociates-itself-from-akatsi-murder-saga This was preventable but missed. The electricity industry participation code specifies that, power generators must remain safely connected to the grid within certain frequency range. That, any generator that operates outside the frequency range will have to disconnect so as to protect itself. In the industry, power shutdown or blackout is considered as a forbidden circumstance for the generation governors who never ever want to dream of experiencing blackout, since its repercussion comes with cost to the country in terms of money and the lost of reputation. Last Sunday afternoon, the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) announced a nationwide power outage as a result of a challenge experienced in the power system. In a press statement issued by management, GRIDCo stated that the challenge led to a total shutdown of their systems which in turn interrupted power supply across the nation. The information I have gathered so far since this incident happened indicates that, a transient fault occurred on one of the GRIDCo’s critical transmission lines somewhere between Prestea and Obuasi. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/kyei-mensah-bonsu-to-present-2021-budget-today This transient fault caused Karpower and other thermal plants in and around Takoradi environed to trip. In this case, these plants detected the fault on the system and decided to shutdown to protect themselves. This means that, the 450MW from Karpower plus the power generated from other thermal plants in Takoradi area going through Anwomaso to Kumasi dropped off, causing a sudden colossal stressful disturbance on the power transmission system. This situation resulted in putting extremely large chunk of extra load unto the dispatched running plants resulting from the large capacity loss in the system, forcing the active plants to shed the entire load across the nation. Shedding this huge load across the running plants became problematic and unbearable for the active dispatched generators to cope with the sudden stressful demand, since each plant has its designed adjustable maximum threshold to ramp -up in situations where an acceptable sudden increase in demand requires them to produce extra in order to meet the increased demand. This situation was rather an extraordinary different case for the plant to cope. Meaning, these dispatched plants online were expected to spontaneously adjust their generation outputs to meet the sharp increased load due to the generation capacity lost in Takoradi area. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/my-surname-is-john-not-rawlings-ex-prez-rawlings-reveals However, since this extra load expected to be shed by the dispatched plants was unbearable, the system frequency became a free fall, till it collapsed totally. Blackout!! No means to arrest the falling frequency. Now, what should have happened is that if the system had AUFLS installed and effectively operating, as soon as some generating plants tripped at Takoradi area, causing the distressing disturbance in the system, active Auto Under Frequency Load Shedding in place would have served as a police to arrest the falling frequency before it collapses to the plant tripping level. The AUFLS control system arrests collapsing frequency by instantaneously disconnecting some block of nominated load/Customers from the grid in order to prevent a total collapse or shutdown. In Ghana Black Sunday incident, there was nothing in place to effectively disconnect the loads in block from the national grid until the collapsing frequency becomes stable within the operating range. The AUFLS in Ghana, if any at-all, totally failed to do its job as expected when the sudden lost of large chunk of generation capacity emerged. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/brace-yourselves-up-for-more-hardship-2021-budget-has-no-hope-haruna-iddrisu This also means that, the same catastrophe will befall Ghana next time, if for instance, the Tema Thermal Plants or Akosombo/Kpong happened to trip unexpectedly under similar condition, any incident in the power system that results in similar oppressive disturbance in the transmission system will lead to total shutdown because the cannot withstand the stress. Ghana power system has No robust protective mechanism that can automatically disconnect blocks of load from the grid should a large chunk of generating capacity is lost. This isn't a good situation. This situation should never be allowed to happen again. From the sequence, the avalanche of the cascading plant failures from the Karpower to Tema Plants, to Akosombo yo Kpong continued unabated because the current installed Auto Frequency Load Shedding is not designed to disconnect load to balance the Voltage and load, instead only communicate with the generating plants to adjust their outputs to meet the acceptable changing demand but not to connect loads. This isn't good enough. On the recent Ghana Black Sunday, the Takoradi Thermal plants and Karpower tripped on fault,  followed by the Tema Thermal Plants which also identified frequency drop as a fault and tripped on frequency collapse, leaving Akosombo and Kpong plants alone in the system to carry the entire load across the country. The Akosombo and Kpong plants also saw the situation associated with sharp sag of frequency as fault on the system, and finally decided to follow suit to shutdown to protect themselves as well. Hence, the nationwide blackout. This situation can be avoided with an improved and better protective control scheme. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/my-surname-is-john-not-rawlings-ex-prez-rawlings-reveals Question: Could Ghana Black Sunday had been avoided in anyway? The answer is Yes, if there was effective, robust and comprehensive AUFLS scheme in place, to remove blocks of load from the grid when the system identified significant lost of generating capacity. Could the Reserved Plants helped to prevent this blackout? The answer is No. The reserved plants when even dispatched on demand, would have to start up and run up to synchronous speed before connecting to the national grid. The AUFLS scheme operates under microseconds as protective mechanism. Therefore, no time to wait for reserved plants to start up to meet demand under AUFLS trigger. The Black  Sunday alleged transitory fault led to the sudden tripping of Karpower and others, which instantaneously created the series of tripping of all other plants in seconds. At the time when Ghana Black Sunday incident occurred, Akosombo was running on four turbines, generating close to 600MW and Kpong was also generating approximately 130MW. The only thing that could have given the dispatched plants ample time to automatically adjust their outputs to minimize impact of the failure, is only AUFLS trigger. Unfortunately this protective mechanism doesn't to have existed when fault occurred. What happened to the Excess Installed Capacity? This catastrophic failure as extensively explained above,  has nothing to do with any excess installed capacity. Could this have been prevented if Bui Power plant was generating any substantial power? The answer is, maybe Yes, maybe No, depending on the total generation capacity loss against the total dispatched plants online at the time. It worth noting that, thermal plants per their design are very susceptible to fault in transmission system and sharp to trip to protect itself. READ ALSO: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/tracey-boakye-gifts-skit-comedian-kyekyeku-2-000-ghc11-470-00-video Currently, the 400MW Bui plant is experiencing low inflow which has forced the authority to halt active generation. As we know, Bui plant is strategically positioned to boost Voltage levels in Kumasi and beyond. Already with the current situation, there's insufferable stress to the Voltage levels in Kumasi due to Bui Dam incapability. Recommendations To prevent future reoccurrence of the nationwide power shutdown under unexpected large loss in generating system or under faulty situation, the generation governors and the grid authority must embark on comprehensive installation of AUFLS control system in both generation point and Bulk Power Substations so as to swiftly activate prioritised block load disconnections till the system is stable. Total Blackout must be avoided. The maintenance history and testing regime of the installed AUFLS controls as carried out by qualified control engineers must keenly be inspected to perform its duty when expected. The Large and Medium production companies must be encouraged or use other means to get them Install Capacitor Banks at their intake point in order to reduce reactive power losses. Since Bui Power plant is not readily available to help boost and control voltage levels in and around Kumasi, the power Authority must aggressively embark on installation of Capacitor Banks at its substations so as to boost control of the voltage level, in order to reduce the unnecessary load shedding particularly in Ashanti region. Read also: https://www.thinknewsonline.com/post/dr-addo-kufuor-turns-80-ministry-of-interior-ghana-medical-association-celebrates-him The authority must encourage the Independent Power Producers to sight at least, a 100MW power plants in the middle part of Ghana, to help sustain Voltage level through Kumasi onto the northern part of Ghana. The authority must also consider incentivizing Ghanaians to adopt Smart grid, to benefit from Solar power generation at private homes during day time, with the aim of reducing demand on grid and control Voltage level. Credit: Ing. Peter Antwi Boasiako Disclaimer: The views/contents expressed in this article are the sole responsibility of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of ThinkNews Online. ThinkNews Online will not be responsible or liable for any inaccurate or incorrect statements contained in this article.