John Abdulai Jinapor, Minister of Energy and Green Transition, has promised to make every attempt to retrieve the missing containers that belonged to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) or their monetary value.
More than 1,300 of the Electricity Company of Ghana’s (ECG) containers are missing from the Tema Port, according to an investigation study.
Although ECG claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers full of cables and other necessary equipment, an impartial audit at the port only discovered 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 missing, according to Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah, chairman of the inquiry committee.
In an interview with Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Tuesday, Jinapor discussed the problem and gave the country his word that those in charge will face consequences.
“Let me assure the country, whatever it takes to hold people liable and retrieve the containers or monetary value of the containers, we will do that,” Jinapor said.
He also brought attention to persistent issues, stating that Tullow Ghana has closed its pipeline because of unpaid legacy costs, which would have an adverse effect on the delivery of electricity.
“We are doing everything we can to get them to open the pipeline because that will impact power supply,” he stated.
Jinapor commented, “Once we are looking for money to pay for debt we inherited, others are profiting and benefiting through illegal means,” expressing dissatisfaction over criminal activities impacting the sector. We must not permit that to go on.
Source: newsthemegh.com