The Ministry of Energy has retrieved 2,637 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), twice the number of containers presumed to have gone missing with their contents.
In an exclusive interview with the Daily Graphic’s Timothy Gobah in Accra on Monday (May 26), the Spokesperson for the ministry, Richmond Rockson, said the committee investigating the 1,300 containers said to be unaccounted for, rather discovered 2,637 containers at the Port of Tema consigned to the ECG, a number far above the initial missing items.
Mr Rockson said 860 of the containers were found at Meridian Port Services, 1,237 at GPHA Terminals, while 272 were evacuated by National Security personnel.
He added that 194 were located at Amaris Terminal, while 20 were retrieved at ATLAS Manufacturing Terminal.
Background
In March this year, during an official interaction between the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the power distributor claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment at the Tema Port.
The minister subsequently set up a committee chaired by Professor Innocent Senyo Acquah to investigate the claims.
The committee found out that while ECG claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment, an independent audit at the port found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 missing.
Mr Jinapor expressed concern about the situation and assured the public that it would be investigated.
“The over 1,300 containers cannot vanish into thin air. We will ensure those responsible are held accountable,” he stated.
Thereafter, the minister set up a committee made up of the National Security, the Ministry of Transport, GPHA and Customs to investigate the ECG’s containers that could not be accounted for.
Source: graphiconline.com
