Former Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul has raised concerns about the security measures at Tema Port after reports surfaced regarding missing containers owned by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). An investigative report revealed that ECG had 2,491 uncleared containers holding cables and other essential equipment at the port. However, an independent audit found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 unaccounted for.
During a tour of aluminium smelting facilities in Shai-Osudoku on Friday, March 28, authorities discovered several coils of stolen ECG cables, which were components of missing containers. These cables had been melted into blocks and further processed into aluminium rods for export. In response to this issue on the floor of Parliament, Nitiwul remarked, “Containers do not have legs; they do not have wings to fly. No one can carry a 40-foot container. How is it possible that, despite the presence of security personnel, these containers can move at any time?”
“First, they’re 10 containers. The next day, 20 containers. The next day, 50 containers, to over a thousand something containers. How? How is it possible? “How is that possible? How is that possible? That says something. Maybe something is happening at the port. Maybe something bigger is happening at the port. If containers can get missing, then you can imagine other things that are there. Explosives, drugs, different things.”
