Major leadership shake-ups hit Ashanti Region ECG

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Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, has announced that there have been a major leadership shake-up within the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region.

According to Felix Kwakye Ofosu, the development follows recent intermittent power outages in the Ashanti Region.

In an announcement made by Minister of State in Charge of Government Communications, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, on X on Sunday, April 26, 2026, read, “Minister for Energy and Green Transition has asked the CEO of GRIDCo to step aside pending investigations into fire incident at Akosombo power control centre”.

Felix Kwakye Ofosu further disclosed that there has also been a major shake-up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region.

His post added, “Also, there has been a major shake up in the leadership of the ECG in the Ashanti Region”.

He further disclosed that, “ At 2 pm tomorrow, Minister for Energy and Green Transition, Hon John Jinapor, will hold a major briefing on recent developments in electricity distribution”.

Netizens reacting to the development stated, “Why should you continue to wait for situations to get out of hand before actions are taken? Please, you guys should learn to be smart if you really want to transform the system”.

One X user added, “NDC party if always in government wants to be father for all, do you think if it were NPP will they allow these engineers to still be at post, the downfall of the Prof JEA Mills first team was allowing President JAK mmdce and the DCE to still be at post”.

A netizen added, “Don’t bring your dirty politics into ECG to hide your incompetence by targeting perceived NPP elements. If it is in your DNA to get rid of Ashantis in govt institutions, say so. We were told the problem emanated from Ghana Gas and later Akosombo Dam transformer, these are all lies”.

“A Country we live in bcus of some people political interest,they want the country to be destroyed. “

I say again, both the NPP and NDC must be put aside for once

I always imagine if Ghanaians had voted for a new party and all these are happening,

They would say they lack political experience”, one X user stated.

A netizen stated, “Every day, the Kwashieman enclave is always off from morning till the next day, while just a few distances away, there’s light. Kwashieman residents are bearing the brunt of power outages. We’re really tired. Achimota ECG is deliberately taking Kwashieman off the grid daily”.

One more Ghanaian wrote, “If there are truly saboteurs behind these power outages, then some people are genuinely evil. How wicked, heartless, and shortsighted can one be to deliberately sabotage something that benefits every Ghanaian, simply because your party is no longer in power? What kind of destructive nonsense have we normalised as citizens?”.

Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Energy Ministry, Richmond Rockson, has announced that Ghana has lost 1,000MW of power generation due to a fire outage at the Akosombo Dam.

In a post he wrote, “We have lost over 1,000MW of power generation due to a fire outage, which has led to the shutdown of the Akosombo Dam. Engineers are actively working to restore the power supply as quickly as possible. 

Please bear with us as we work through this situation. We appreciate your patience and understanding”.

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