The management of the Volta River Authority (VRA) appears to be at odds with its staff as it has come out to say its workers are not striking in protest of the planned ceding of the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. Speaking on Eyewitness News, the Head of Corporate Communications at the VRA, Getrude Koomsoon, … Read more
The Power Ministry is expected to engage the management and staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Thursday. Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor, says the meeting will afford the Ministry opportunity to address the concerns of the staff regarding the decision to cede three assets of VRA to a private company. “We are [expected] to … Read more
Agitated staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have protested against government’s decision to cede three assets of the power generating company to external parties. The assets, which include the T3 plant in the Aboadze thermal enclave, MRP at the Tema Thermal Power station and a parcel of land at the Kpone Thermal Power Station, … Read more
Staff of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have insisted they are still protesting the Power Ministry’s plans to cede the Aboadze T3 plant to AMERI. The Deputy Power Minister, after engaging the disgruntled VRA staff on Thursday, revealed to the media that the staff had indefinitely postponed their planned strike action ahead of another meeting … Read more
Africa Centre for Energy Policy has called on government to reconsider its decision to cede the Takoradi 3 Thermal Plant to AMERI. “We recognize the efforts of VRA and its Engineers over the past five years of erratic power shortage, and the least government could do is take a decision that weakens the Authority.” Below … Read more
The Power Ministry has suspended agreement with three external parties over some assets of the Volta River Authority (VRA) Thursday. The decision was arrived at after a meeting between the Ministry and staff of the nation’s power generator ended in deadlock. Narrating the event to Joy News, Head of Corporate Communications at VRA, Gertrude Koomson, … Read more
More than 700 workers of the Volta River Authority (VRA) are expected to be laid off in October this year. The affected staff work in the non-core business departments of the VRA, which have been restructured. The non-core business departments of VRA are Real Estate or Town Management, Akosombo International School and the Akosombo Hospital. … Read more
Although power supply in the country over the past two weeks has improved tremendously which certainly has brought to an end the punishing load shedding exercise, government is said to be reluctant in officially announcing an end to the ‘dumsor dumsor’ phenomenon. Sources close to the country’s power production and distribution sectors disclosed that though … Read more