Revealed: Gov't considers two privatisation options for ECG

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The mask 9 years ago

A fool wants to know whether I have ever been outside Africa before even reading my comments. The answer is yes and to breath taking places.

I am against privatization of ECG because of the negative effect it would have on ...
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A fool wants to know whether I have ever been outside Africa before even reading my comments. The answer is yes and to breath taking places.

I am against privatization of ECG because of the negative effect it would have on the macroeconomy.
Pc 9 years ago

Outside Africa ?

Outside Africa ?
sam 9 years ago

If the NDC does not sell ECG now, the NPP will come to power and surely sell it as Kufuor did to Ashanti Gold, now Anglogold, and Ghana Telecom now vodafon.
Only the greedy and selfish NPP MP's will get $5000 bribes to appro ...
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If the NDC does not sell ECG now, the NPP will come to power and surely sell it as Kufuor did to Ashanti Gold, now Anglogold, and Ghana Telecom now vodafon.
Only the greedy and selfish NPP MP's will get $5000 bribes to approve the sale. I bet any one to mark my words
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author:-AFFORDABLE...

They are trying to garther whatever money they can to try buying votes and more so try rigging. Ghanaians are very awake and will not be swayed any longer by propaganda. No wonder you've abolished th ...
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Author:-AFFORDABLE...

They are trying to garther whatever money they can to try buying votes and more so try rigging. Ghanaians are very awake and will not be swayed any longer by propaganda. No wonder you've abolished that tag and hiding behind a so called "Communications ..." We shall remind ourselves of this stubborn wickedness in 2016. Insensitive crooks in higher places
One Day One Day, Things will Happen 9 years ago

I remember last year, a certain Management staff of ECG at Cape Coast revealed that the Mahama Administartion was going to sell ECG.We did not take him seriousely. Now it has happened.

I remember last year, a certain Management staff of ECG at Cape Coast revealed that the Mahama Administartion was going to sell ECG.We did not take him seriousely. Now it has happened.
Sarpong 9 years ago

I beg to differ ,sir.You see,government cant ran any business profitably for obvious reasons.Take a walk around any government -run business and you will understand why.Did you ever hear about State Farm ,Workers Brigade ,Bui ...
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I beg to differ ,sir.You see,government cant ran any business profitably for obvious reasons.Take a walk around any government -run business and you will understand why.Did you ever hear about State Farm ,Workers Brigade ,Builders Brigade and others?Workers output in all these establishments tended to be negligible because of the attitude of"I will get paid whether I work or not"Businesses are established to make profit which in turn assured workers of stable employment,benefits and good retirement packages.Dont let us always compare our situation to only African countries but in the West,even counties or districts distribute power after buying them from producers.It is not uncommon to find two three different power supply companies selling power in that same district.In the end ,it is the consumers who benefit due to competition.Each power company try to outdo the other with incentives,etc and power outages or dumsor is unheard of unless there is a natural disaster like a hurricane,tornado or winter storm .Even in such situations the companies work extra hours to restore power.I think it will be good for the consumer in Ghana if the ECG is privatised and other power companies come on stream to offer choices to consumers.Thats just "my two cents"Lets hear other views,and please lets be candid and offer solid views.
Pumpuni 9 years ago

"stated-owned company which is currently struggling to distribute power to Ghanaians."
ECG is not struggling to distribute power. There is simply not enough power to distribute. The two statements are not the same!!!

"stated-owned company which is currently struggling to distribute power to Ghanaians."
ECG is not struggling to distribute power. There is simply not enough power to distribute. The two statements are not the same!!!
Fiction 9 years ago

john Ebola mahama would stop at nothing to destroy Ghana b4 he leaves office next yr

john Ebola mahama would stop at nothing to destroy Ghana b4 he leaves office next yr
KOJO. U.K. 9 years ago

OH MY PRESIDENT,
THIS IS LONG OVERDUE, SO PLEASE YOU JUST DO IT NOW AS IT WILL BENIFIT THE POOR THE WAY TELEPHONE OR CELL PHONES ARE NOW BEN8IFITING THE POOR.
WE LIVING IN EUROPE AND THAT MATTER U.K,BELEIVE IT WILL ALLEVIAT ...
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OH MY PRESIDENT,
THIS IS LONG OVERDUE, SO PLEASE YOU JUST DO IT NOW AS IT WILL BENIFIT THE POOR THE WAY TELEPHONE OR CELL PHONES ARE NOW BEN8IFITING THE POOR.
WE LIVING IN EUROPE AND THAT MATTER U.K,BELEIVE IT WILL ALLEVIATE THE DUMSOR,DUMSOR,SITUATION GHANA IS GOING THROUGH.IN THE U.K, ALMOST ALL THE ENERGY SECTOR IS PRIVATISED , SO; 1) YOU CAN NOT DO ILLIGAL CONNECTIONS.
2)YOU CAN NOT USE ENERGY WITHOUT PAYING FOR.
3)IMMEDIATELY THERE IS A FAULT , THE ENGINEERS MAKE SURE THEY RESTORE IT, AS IT CAN GIVE BAD NAME TO THE COMPANY.
4)THERE IS COMPETITION IN THE PRICING OF ENERGY, SO YOU CAN CHOOSE THE ONE YOU FEEL WILL BE GOOD FOR YOU.
5)IT HELPS TO MAKE THE ECONOMY VERY STRONGER, ESPECIALLY IT WILL BRING IN MORE JOBS FOR THE UNEMPLOYEDAS IT WILL CREATE MORE JOBS.
SO FOR GOD'S SAKE DO IT NOW AND NOW WITHOUT DELAY.
TO MY GHANAIAN BROTHERS,IF WE WANT OUR MOTHERLAND GHANA TO BE LIKE EUROPE,THEN,ALL GHANAIANS MUST JOIN ME
TO SAY :- TSOOOOOOOBOIIIIIIII, STOOOOBOI EMBRI NAASOO,ONTI OMAA YENYI
NAARA ENSOM ENFA EKURO YE ENBUWA.

GOD BLESS OUR HOMELAND GHANA ,
AND MAKE OUR NATION GREAT AND STRONG,
BOLD TO DEFEND FOREVER,
THE COURSE OF FREEDOM AND OF LIGHT,
FILL OUT HEARTS WITH TRUE HUMILITY,
MAKE US FEARLESS AND HONESTY,
AND HELP US TO RESSIST THE OPPRESSES RULE.
WITH ALL OUR WILLAND MIGHT FOREVERMORE

AMEN AND AMEN.
Joyce 9 years ago

Is it ECG that produce the power? Sell it NDC and after sell the seat of government too. Useless people ruling Ghana. Everybody should pray to God to deliver us from this ocultic and rulers of darkness people ruling over us i ...
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Is it ECG that produce the power? Sell it NDC and after sell the seat of government too. Useless people ruling Ghana. Everybody should pray to God to deliver us from this ocultic and rulers of darkness people ruling over us it is the sin they have committed which is making us surfer.
prince naa seidu 9 years ago

It unfortunately.....

It unfortunately.....
Atoapoma Abransamadu 9 years ago

NDC will sell it to Betty Mould and the Ahwoi brothers!

NDC will sell it to Betty Mould and the Ahwoi brothers!
kwadwo grusi 9 years ago

another create loot and share tactics
from ndc
very soon they will talk about judgement debt from any body or private entity that sign contract with this Ebola national party

another create loot and share tactics
from ndc
very soon they will talk about judgement debt from any body or private entity that sign contract with this Ebola national party
Boss 9 years ago

Which company really wants to buy ang operate ecg. I can see failures already. Challenges upon challenges. Not enough electricity to distribute, no payment of bills from government institutions, aging infrastructure etc. who ...
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Which company really wants to buy ang operate ecg. I can see failures already. Challenges upon challenges. Not enough electricity to distribute, no payment of bills from government institutions, aging infrastructure etc. who wants this.
impromptus 9 years ago

NDC should find a better man or woman otherwise NPP

NDC should find a better man or woman otherwise NPP
impromptus 9 years ago

We'e going going backwards

We'e going going backwards
Photosy 9 years ago

Is distribution the problem of the generation and transmission is our present and future danger ? Care should be taken as I believe the generation side and transmission should be looked at first before distribution. A lot of ...
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Is distribution the problem of the generation and transmission is our present and future danger ? Care should be taken as I believe the generation side and transmission should be looked at first before distribution. A lot of things must go into getting the distribution side sorted out completely to eliminate illegal connections etc etc etc to make it more attractive for a private partnership. Is the Government ready to do all that is necessary before ECGs privatization ?
EZEKIEL 9 years ago

IF WE WANT COMPETENCE we'll have to PRIVATISE the ECG! The officials there are NOT SERIOUS and they KNOW the Govt will WANT to keep the entity(ECG).
We need a SERIOUS and NO-NONSENSE business approach to doing business.
The ...
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IF WE WANT COMPETENCE we'll have to PRIVATISE the ECG! The officials there are NOT SERIOUS and they KNOW the Govt will WANT to keep the entity(ECG).
We need a SERIOUS and NO-NONSENSE business approach to doing business.
The Second option...25yrs.. IS BETTER!
Lord Tennison 9 years ago

Unhealthy options.Absolute privatization is my take.No trace of anything government or the semblance of it.The SOEs have always been CASH COWS for the managers.Hence,all the stealing of our resources.Government should sit bac ...
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Unhealthy options.Absolute privatization is my take.No trace of anything government or the semblance of it.The SOEs have always been CASH COWS for the managers.Hence,all the stealing of our resources.Government should sit back and create the conducive environment by way of fiscal policy.Parliament should visit the legislation which gave birth to the ECG and update it with emphasis on revenue management.Prompt payment of bills and all the BOOTLEG connections should be seriously addressed.
The dumsor,dumsor emanating from the fluctuations of the water level of the Volta Lake can be addressed with solar energy.
HAZOR 9 years ago

Government privatisation is not an option for ECG.The problem facing ECG is not lake that turn the turbines or the water level but both the obsolete wornout turbines and government appointed board of directors are the problem ...
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Government privatisation is not an option for ECG.The problem facing ECG is not lake that turn the turbines or the water level but both the obsolete wornout turbines and government appointed board of directors are the problem hindering the power supply.For ECG to work effectively government has to grant ECG full autonomy and redraw its board of directors from ECG.Government has to make a deal with ECG to own what shares he intended to own and the rest of the profit is for ECG and it shareholders.It seems Government is confuse or understood the meaning of privatisation and shares.Privatisation means selling it without government owning shares.selling shares means government is asking those who want to do business by contribute their resources for profit sharing but the don't own any part of ECG or the company.There are more information and ideas to provide but writing a book is not necessary.
Kofi Amoako 9 years ago

The dual strategy should apply to VRA and not ECG. The crux of the issue is generation and not distribution and the former is where the focus ought to be as well as allowing the market place to dictate the price of electricit ...
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The dual strategy should apply to VRA and not ECG. The crux of the issue is generation and not distribution and the former is where the focus ought to be as well as allowing the market place to dictate the price of electricity instead of PURC.
Menka 9 years ago

Kofi I think you are wrong.. the current generation capacity og ghana is 3000MW and our demand a little above 2600MW.. If all the turbines at akosombo and bui should b online the power rationing will stop but the light offs w ...
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Kofi I think you are wrong.. the current generation capacity og ghana is 3000MW and our demand a little above 2600MW.. If all the turbines at akosombo and bui should b online the power rationing will stop but the light offs won't stop..What we want is reliable power supply.. Generation problem is no problem..it's all about money..When you have money you can easily increase ur generating capacity but as to whether u can have them reliably delivered to your customer is the main issue here. ECg must go

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