The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) on Monday held a joint consultative meeting with utility service providers and stakeholders in Accra to collate views on the proposed tariffs submitted to it by the various providers for their operations in the next two years. The 2018 Major Tariff Review has already commenced by way of soliciting … Read more
The Institute of Public Relations (IPR) Ghana held its 24th Annual General Meeting (AGM) last week in Kumasi. The two-day event, which was the first of its kind to be held by the Institute outside Accra, started with a student outreach programme at the Christian Service University College on Thursday, October 19 and was climaxed … Read more
The US Ambassador to Ghana, Robert P. Jackson has pledged the commitment of the US to help Ghana fight child trafficking. In that regard, he said, the US was committing a $5 million grant over a period of four years to fight the phenomenon. The US, he said, was also ready to use its expertise … Read more
The Head of Public Relations for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), in the Western Region, Philip Osei Bonsu, is amongst forty (40) fellows who are heading to the United States of America (USA) for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship of the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI). Announcing the 2017 cohort of the Mandela Washington … Read more
Joseph Frimpong Addo, accountant for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Suhum municipality of the Eastern Region, has allegedly committed suicide in an uncompleted building. The deceased was found in one of the rooms of his uncompleted house at Okorase, a suburb of Suhum, Wednesday morning. According to police reports, the deceased is … Read more
Deputy Minority Leader, James Klutse Avedzie, has said that government’s decision to reduce aspects of the Energy Sector Levies will further delay the payment of the web of debt that entangles the energy sector. While the National Electrification Scheme Levy (NESL) goes down from 5% to 2%, the Public Lighting Levy (PLL) reduces from 5% … Read more
Energy Minister Mr Boakye Agyarko has affirmed the Government’s resolve to overhaul the country’s ailing energy sector to meet consumers demand for improved economic performance. “This government’s vision for the provision of state reliable and secure power supply also include initiatives such as restructuring of debts of the utility companies and securing fair commitment for … Read more
The Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo) has started the construction of a sub-station to reinforce the supply of electricity to the central business district (CBD) of Accra and its environs. The $39-million (about GH¢170 million) project, located off the Graphic Road, is being funded by the Japanese government through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). Hitachi … Read more
Ashanti Regional Librarian has said for the past two years that she has been in charge of the facility, they have not been given any money to run the libraries in the Ashanti region. Elizabeth Arthur said lack of power is the regional libraries major setback and called on government to sorted it out. The … Read more
Managing Director of Stanbic Bank Alhassan Andani has emphasised government’s commitment to ensuring that the energy sector levy is paid down as scheduled. According to him, government has released funds for the advanced payments and the quarterly payments that it was supposed to have paid. “That energy sector debt is being paid down. The VRA … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta Region, John Kwabena Oti Bless, has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of creating artificial power crisis in the country. According him, the John Mahama administration fixed the electricity crisis before handing over the governance of the country to the current administration, claiming the recent power … Read more
The Member of Parliament for Nkwanta North Constituency in the Volta Region, John Kwabena Oti Bless, has accused the Akufo-Addo-led government of creating artificial power crisis in the country. According him, the John Mahama administration fixed the electricity crisis before handing over the governance of the country to the current administration, claiming the recent power … Read more
The Gambia is set tor receive $60 million in budget support from the World Bank. This was revealed on Saturday by the Bank’s president for Africa, Makhtar Diop, during a meeting with the newly installed government. Diop told journalists after the meeting that he had pledged to give $40 million before June with the remainder … Read more
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has stated that the current power cuts being experienced in some parts of the country will end in the first week of March. Several parts of Kumasi, Accra and other parts of the country have in recent weeks experienced severe power cuts triggering fears that the power crisis that … Read more
Frequent power outages will cease by the first week of March All things being equal, the frequent power outages in most parts of the capital will cease by the first week of March, Eric Asante, Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Accra West, has said. Several parts of Accra have lately … Read more
Former Petroleum Minister, Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, says he fears the Volta River Authority (VRA) and the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) may end up being privatised, following government’s intention to explore ways of listing the power utilities on the local bourse as part of a national electricity master plan. President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo … Read more
The recent disruptions in the supply of electricity to most parts of Accra are due to last week’s heavy rains, Eric Asante, Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana, Accra West, has said. On Tuesday 31 January, a downpour in Accra pulled down huge billboards, electric poles, and trees, in some cases. The … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Samuel Boakye-Appiah as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana. An appointment letter signed by the Energy minister Boakye Agyarko said “You would act in this capacity until a substantive CEO is appointed. “As a care-taker CEO, you will not take decisions that have policy implications until a … Read more
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has appointed engineer Samuel Boakye-Appiah as new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). Ing. Boakye-Appiah will act as caretaker CEO until a substantive person is approved. “As a caretaker CEO, you will not take decisions that have policy implications until a substantive governing board is … Read more
President Akufo-Addo has appointed Samuel Boakye-Appiah as the acting Chief Executive Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana. An appointment letter signed by the Energy minister Boakye Agyarko said “You would act in this capacity until a substantive CEO is appointed. “As a care-taker CEO, you will not take decisions that have policy implications until … Read more