Former ECG MD Dubik Mahama insists ‘missing’ containers are still at the port

Former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has strongly asserted that the controversial 1,346 containers reported missing from ECG’s inventory are still at the port.

Speaking on Ghana Tonight show on TV3 with Alfred Ocansey on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, he dismissed claims that the containers had mysteriously disappeared, emphasizing that they remain under the control of port authorities.

“Honestly, I want to say I believe strongly the containers are at the port. The containers are at the port,” Mahama stated firmly, adding that “there are only two entities that have control of those containers—Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) and Ghana Customs.”

His comments come in response to an earlier report by the Energy Minister’s technical committee, which revealed that over 1,300 ECG-bound containers could not be accounted for. The missing cargo raised concerns about possible mismanagement, corruption, or smuggling within ECG’s supply chain.

But Mahama, however, dismissed suggestions that ECG itself lost the containers, arguing that they were never in the company’s custody.

“This conversation would have been different if we were saying that the containers were in the custody of ECG and got lost. But that is not the conversation. The conversation is that those containers are at the port,” he explained.\

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He further questioned why ECG’s containers would be auctioned without the company’s knowledge, stating that unpaid duties should not lead to secretive disposal.

“ECG hasn’t paid its duties. So why auction a container belonging to ECG without notifying ECG? Because in my candid opinion, that’s the only way a container can leave the port,” he asserted.

Mahama also challenged the notion that a container could simply vanish. “A container is not like a piece of paper that you fold and throw away. For international supply chain logistics, a container has a unique number,” he stressed.

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