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\n\t\t\t\t\tFormer Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has revealed that the administration of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo failed to invest in ECG during his first term in office.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tMahama attributed the lack of investment to the government\u2019s focus on privatizing the power distribution company at the time.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cIf you cast your mind back, during the President\u2019s first tenure, all efforts were geared towards sending ECG into privatisation. So, there was zero investment in the company,\u201d he said on Joy FM on Thursday, April 10.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\tMr. Mahama referenced the controversial Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal, under which the management of ECG was handed over to PDS for about eight months. The agreement was later terminated, prompting ECG\u2019s return to state control just ahead of the 2020 general elections.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cWhen I assumed office in 2022 as Managing Director, one of the first things I did was to conduct a health check on the company\u2026What I found was that although there had been massive growth in the number of ECG customers, this was not properly reflected in the company\u2019s data,\u201d he noted.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\u201cThe billing system had its own deficiencies. When it hit the 4.5 million customer mark, new customers being added were not being captured in the billing system. They were hanging,\u201d he said.\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has revealed that the administration of former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo failed to invest in ECG during his first term in office. Mahama attributed the lack of investment to the government\u2019s focus on privatizing the power distribution company at the time. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":324926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-324925","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news"},"yoast_head":"\n
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