Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, on Tuesday, March 26, received a 103-page report from the committee established on January 30, to investigate about 2,500 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that had been stuck at the Tema Port, as well as other procurement related issues.

After receiving the report, John Jinapor revealed that the committee’s findings are very disturbing. In addition to serious procurement breaches in the past few years, over 1350 containers could not be accounted for during the investigations.

The Minister assured all that a thorough investigation would be conducted with the assistance of the Attorney General and the Police.

“The over 1,300 containers cannot vanish into thin air. We will work with the AG’s Department and the Police to ensure that those responsible for the missing containers are brought to book to retrieve the containers or the monetary value of the same,” he stated.

On the procurement issue, the Minister also announced that the procurement unit at ECG would be decoupled within a week and pledged to introduce swift and far-reaching measures to reform procurement processes at the company.

“It cannot be business as usual. We are not targeting anybody, but we will make sure whoever is responsible will be held liable,” he added.

The Minister commended Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah led committee for the thorough investigation done to unravel the issues at ECG.