[ad_1] President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed the Majority Leader and Member of Parliament for Effutu, Alexander Afenyo-Markin as the new board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This was contained in a letter signed by the President’s Secretary Ambassador Nana Asante Bediatuo. The Majority Leader replaces Herbert Krapa who is now…
[ad_1] The Minister of Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempreh has reiterated that the recent power outages experienced in parts of the country were not a result of load-shedding by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). For months, most parts of the country have witnessed intermittent power outages with businesses and households bearing the brunt. Answering…
[ad_1] The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have announced a three-week interruption in power supply due to a reduction in gas supply from Nigeria. According to GRIDCo and ECG, the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company (WAPCo) has explained in a statement that “the reduction in gas supply is due…
[ad_1] The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Training Centre has announced an innovative Youth Apprenticeship Programme aimed at empowering young Ghanaians with skills in electrical engineering and energy management. The programme, which commences in June 2024, is a weekend training initiative which will be held at the ECG Training Centre in Tema – Community 10 Junction. …
[ad_1] In a show of appreciation, Ing. Horace Nkansah, the Manager of the Tema South District Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), conveyed gratitude to a diverse group of stakeholders for their concerted efforts in keeping the district informed about challenges related to power supply. The acknowledgment was made during a stakeholders…
[ad_1] Economist and Political Risk Analyst, Dr. Theo Acheampong, has called for serious scrutiny and attention to the fiscal and operational challenges confronting the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Theo Acheampong, on The Big Issue on Citi FM and Citi TV on Saturday, April 6, called on the various stakeholders within Ghana’s power generation and…
[ad_1] The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has revealed that it dispatched more than 100 notifications of power outages during the initial quarter of 2024. The majority of these notices were issued to facilitate essential maintenance activities on the company’s transmission infrastructure. This disclosure emerged following a query dated March 18 from the Public…
[ad_1] The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that it issued over 100 notices of power outages in the first quarter of 2024. Much of the notices, according to the power distributor, were to pave the way for maintenance works to be carried out on some of its transmission equipment. The disclosure was in…
[ad_1] The Board Chair of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Keli Gadzekpo has resigned. The resignation takes immediate effect. He is reported to have stepped down over personal reasons. Citi News‘ sources at the ECG confirmed the development on Tuesday (March 26, 2024) evening. Keli Gadzekpo was appointed to the Board in 2017 by…
[ad_1] Christopher Apawu The Krobo District of the Electricity Company of Ghana has lauded some residents of Odumase Krobo for proactively acting to prevent what they deemed to be a possible destruction of an ECG transformer within the locality. Speaking on an incident that occurred on Wednesday, 13th March 2024, the District Manager for…
