Staff of the Volta River Authority and NEDCO across the country are threatening a nationwide strike as the government moves to privatise the Volta River Authority (VRA). The government has proposed a draft bill that aims to merge the authority with the Bui Power Authority.
The proposed draft bill aims to merge VRA with Bui Power Authority, combine the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) with the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), and establish an independent Thermal Power Authority, according to a September 4 statement from the VRA.
It is this proposed merger that the staff are up in arms against. The staff of the headquarters unit of the VRA in Accra have clad in red bands to register their displeasure with the merger.
By: Raphael Ghartey
