Akufo-Addo Did Not Invest in ECG During his First Term - Dubik Mahama
Accra, Ghana - 11 April, 2025 - Ghana's Electricity Company (ECG) faced significant challenges during President Nana Akufo-Addo's first term, according to former Managing Director Samuel Dubik Mahama.
Speaking at the JoyNews National Dialogue, Mahama revealed that the company received little to no investment during this period due to the government's focus on privatization.
"If you cast your mind back, during the President’s first tenure, all efforts were geared towards sending ECG into privatisation. So, there was zero investment in the company," Mr Mahama stated.
According to him, when he took office in 2022, he conducted a thorough review of the company and found that despite a significant surge in customers, ECG's data did not accurately reflect this growth. He added that the Commercial Management System (CMS), introduced through a World Bank project, struggled to handle the increasing number of customers, causing billing issues.
"When I assumed office in 2022 as Managing Director, one of the first things I did was to conduct a health check on the company," Mr Mahama disclosed. "What I found was that although there had been massive growth in the number of ECG customers, this was not properly reflected in the company’s data."
Mahama disclosed that the CMS's limitations meant that new customers were not being properly captured in the billing system, leading to problems for the company. This issue was particularly evident when the system hit the 4.5 million customer mark, at which point new customers were not being captured in the billing system.
"The 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," he said.
Source: Lead News Online
