Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has committed to making a concerted effort to locate the missing containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) or to recoup their monetary value. An investigative report has revealed that more than 1,300 containers belonging to ECG cannot be accounted for at the Tema Port.
Prof Innocent Senyo Acquah, Chairman of the investigative committee, noted that while ECG claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment, an independent audit at the port found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 missing. Speaking about the issue in an interview on Eyewitness News on Citi FM on Tuesday, Jinapor assured the nation that those responsible would be held accountable.
“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 stated. He also highlighted ongoing challenges, revealing that Tullow Ghana had shut its pipeline due to unpaid legacy bills, which could negatively impact power supply.
“We are doing everything we can to get them to open the pipeline because that will impact power supply,” he said, emphasizing the urgency of the situation. Expressing frustration over illicit activities affecting the sector, Jinapor remarked, “Once we are looking for money to pay for debt we inherited, others are profiting and benefiting through illegal means. We cannot allow that to continue.”
By: Abigail Arthur
