Dr. Amuzu addressing the press
Electricity
has been reconnected to Akwatia Ghana Consolidated Diamonds (GCD) Limited and
surrounding communities after close to two years of being in darkness. The
Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) reconnected the area to the national
grid this week.
The company
and its surrounding communities were disconnected in November 2017 by GRIDCo
due to unpaid electricity bill amounting to about a million dollars.
The
reconnection follows the takeover of the company by government from the Great
Consolidated Diamonds Ghana Limited (GCDGL), a subsidiary of the Jospong Group
of Companies.
The
government through the State Interests and Governance Authority (SIGA) took
over the company from GCDGL in September this year. This is as a result of the
inability of the management of GCDGL to turn around the fortunes of the company
after almost eight years since it was sold to them. An Interim Management
Committee (IMC) has been constituted to run the company while the government
looks for new investors.
The people
of Akwatia have since expressed their appreciation to the government for the
take over and the reconnection. Speaking at a press conference yesterday, Dr.
Joseph Amuzu, President of Akwatia Development Association (AkDA), thanked the
president for the bold decision to take over the company. He expressed the
readiness of the association to support the IMC to achieve their aim of
revamping the company and getting investors for it.
Restocking of GCD Hospital
The
Association expressed hope that the IMC would live up to expectation.
Meanwhile, GCD hospital, a hospital owned by the company, according to the
Association, has also been restocked with medicines and hospital equipment by
the IMC.
The
President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, is however expected to visit the
company on Sunday as part of his working tour to the Eastern Region.
By Nana Kwasi
