{"id":461784,"date":"2018-02-06T06:10:54","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T06:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/ecg-launches-50-years-anniversary\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T06:10:54","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T06:10:54","slug":"ecg-launches-50-years-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/ecg-launches-50-years-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG launches 50 years Anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday,  6 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>mynewsgh.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/28516411.295.jpg\" alt=\"ECG At 50  \" title=\"ECG At 50  \" width=\"295\" height=\"173\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The celebration was themed \u201850 years of powering the socio-economic growth and development of Ghana\u2019<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517897454_388_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has officially launched its 50th Anniversary celebration in a brief ceremony at their head office in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The celebration which is under the theme, \u201850 years of powering the socio-economic growth and development of Ghana\u2019 involves series of activities dedicated to the month of February to show appreciation to patrons nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the launch, Managing Director of Electricity Company of Ghana, Ing. Samuel Boakye-Appiah outlined numerous accomplishments of the organization since its inception in 1967.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned some achievements ranging from their ability to recover from the 2012-2016 power outages which tainted the company\u2019s image drastically, to training engineers from Afghanistan on the recommendation of the World Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver the past 50 years, ECG has chalked major successes and also gone through various challenges. By far, the worst challenge in recent memory was the protracted power crisis of 2012-2016. With the necessary political, financial and technical interventions, the crisis was resolved last year and ECG is back on its feet,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn recognition of the valuable human capital we have created over the past 50 years, Engineers from Afghanistan were trained by ECG on the recommendation of the World Bank in the last quarter of 2017. During the same period, the Rwandan Electricity Board visited ECG to learn about best Utility Practices,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Board member of the Bank of Ghana, Mr. Keli Gadzekpo commended the Company for working tirelessly over the years to provide Ghanaians with adequate power supply and advised that they shouldn\u2019t expect appreciation from Ghanaians for their good work done.<\/p>\n<p>He mentioned that although the company went through major challenges some few years back, they managed to bounce back stronger making their effective production manifest in the current state of power supply in the country.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 26 updated by: 26 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 6 February 2018 Source: mynewsgh.com 2018-02-06 The celebration was themed \u201850 years of powering the socio-economic growth and development of Ghana\u2019 The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has officially launched its 50th Anniversary celebration in a brief ceremony at their head office in Accra. 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