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NPP needs forgiveness for toying with Energy Sector-
ECG boss
Audrey Agyiri-Inkoom
A member of the current Board of Directors of the Electricity
Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr. Allotey Jacobs, has asked members of
the erstwhile NPP government to seek forgiveness from the
Catholic Pope, for their mishandling of the country’s energy
sector, and especially how they drained the coffers of the Volta
River Authority (VRA).
In an interview on Peace FM, Mr. Jacobs, who is also the Central
Regional Propaganda Secretary of the NDC, attributed the current
intermittent power outages that have hit the country to the
NPP's recklessness and inefficiency during their tenure in
office, adding that the situation has crippled the operations of
VRA and the whole energy sector.
"They (NPP) were reckless, they avoided our energy supply, now
VRA has collapsed and is almost dead, we need to resuscitate VRA...People
who were given the responsibility to manage our energy sector by
the previous Government neglected it, yet whenever there is
irregular power supply, they blame it on President Mills and
sarcastically ask him to fix it, knowing very well that they
caused it...They have to go to the Pope for forgiveness, for
leaving us in such a sorry state,” he added.
Mr. Jacobs, who is a also gunning for the National Propaganda
Secretary of the NDC, was of the strong view that incorporating
the operations of the ECG (Corporation) to a limited liability
company largely accounts for the problems of the ECG.
"The major problem of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)
started when it was changed from a corporation to a limited
liability company...Since then, people have taken advantage of
that to sell lands meant for building substations to individuals
and corporate institutions, thus milking the country of some
billions of cedis."
Ghanadot
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