WR: National Security operatives discover ECG meters in uncompleted building, cables in bush

National Security operatives in the Western Region have discovered stacks of ECG equipment at two sites at Kansaworado, a suburb of Sekondi-Takoradi in the Western Region.

This comes on the heels of the search for the over 1,300 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which have allegedly gone missing at the Tema Port.

At an uncompleted building, about 7 drums of fibre and aluminum cables were found stashed at the compound. Additionally, the team uncovered about 100 boxes of single-phase meter enclosures, packs of electrical switches and other electrical tools.

Upon further investigations it was established that the stock was released by MBH Power to Hegmic Co. Ltd for some electrification works under the Loss Reduction Program (LRP) of the ECG. A supervisor with MBH Power, Evans Lartey, upon interrogation indicated that the company has documentation covering the said equipment.

“I have documentation for this. We started this project around August 2023,” he said.

Asked who supervises his work, Mr. Lartey replied; “we have the District Technical Officers, the District Managers and the Regional Manager of the ECG being aware of this.”

At the second site, an undeveloped land located a few meters from the private residence, had 41 (full) drums of aluminum cables, and 5 used cables including bundles of angle iron bars dumped in the bush. The owner of the site or the individual who packed the cables there are yet to be identified.

Hashem Tanko Nuhu of the National Security disclosed they had been instructed to confiscate the items for further investigation.

“Our Regional National Security Coordinator will call our head office in Accra for further instructions. We will call ECG to the table. As at now, no body has owned up to this. We’ve spoken to some residence here, but they seem not to know actual owners of the items. We are yet to even establish whoever owns this parcel of land,” he added.

On the matter of MBH Power, Mr. Nuhu says the responses as offered by the supervisor is dissatisfactory adding that “the problem we have is how those items got to a private residence.”

In the meantime, a reliable source at the ECG has confirmed that the company has a contractual relationship with MBH Power under the Loss Reduction Program. The source however did not confirm the operational procedures with the storage of electrical supplies at a private residence.

By Abraham Mensah

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