Dr John Abdulai Jinapor, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, has told the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) workers against politicising their work.
The Energy Minister boldly told the ECG workers they owe their allegiance to Ghana and not to any political party, adding that acts of negligence and sabotage within the power sector would not be tolerated.
According to John Jinapor, public criticism directed at the government during periods of power outages also leads to the ECG suffering from revenue losses from power that had been paid for but remained unused.
John Jinapor highlighted that the inability of ECG to consistently deliver a quality, stable power supply due to deliberate negligence by some engineers had damaged the image of the energy sector.
The Energy Minister urged district managers and other officials to improve their performance, labelling them as the public face of the company.
Addressing four regional managers, 21 district managers and engineers of ECG in the Ashanti Region, John Jinapor stated, “Your job is that of an engineer and not a politician. You cannot be a politician. That’s why I say if you want to be a politician, you exit”.
“You are the face of the ECG. If the managers don’t work well, it tarnishes the image of the company. The main issue is the time of response. The centre is not just for updates, it’s also to track transformers as well,” he said.
He further revealed that several projects were underway to increase power generation capacity in the Ashanti Region as demand continued to grow.
“Very soon we’re going to have over 1000 MW situated here in Kumasi, a strategic location,” he said.
In other news, Ing. Kwame Kpekpena, the Acting Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has announced that the power distribution company will be deploying drones.
The ECG Acting Managing Director highlighted that the drones will be deployed to monitor and detect faults on power lines.
According to Ing. Kwame Kpekpena, the move forms part of ECG’s monitoring strategy to detect faults on power lines.
He is quoted by TV3 news card to have said, “Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to deploy drones as part of monitoring strategy to detect faults on power lines”.
Also, Ing. Kwame Kpekpena has rendered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians following the recent power outages commonly known as ‘dumsor’
Speaking to journalists at a press conference in Accra on Monday, April 20, Ing. Kpekpena stated, “To every Ghanaian customer who has endured inconvenient and prolonged power outages, we sincerely apologise. We want you to know that we have heard your voice, and that addressing the reliability challenges is our singular operational priority”.
“We also acknowledge that, in some instances, our communication and response times have fallen short of expectations. This is not acceptable. We have taken deliberate steps to address these gaps, including implementing measures to enhance operational performance, improve response times, and strengthen customer engagement,” he stated.
“The challenges we face are real and complex, and in some cases stem from years of underinvestment, resulting in pockets of outages and low voltage. But we are not standing still. We have a plan, we have a schedule, and we are committing all our resources to execute it,” he said.
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