The former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Dubik Mahama, has denied claims that the ECG containers at the port have gone missing, suggesting instead that they were either misplaced or auctioned by the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) due to failure to clear them in time.
The so-called “missing ECG containers” scandal has sparked significant public interest, with many questioning how the containers could have disappeared from the Tema Port.
However, speaking on Joy FM’s Super Morning Show on Thursday, April 3, Mr. Mahama insisted that the containers were not lost. Rather, he said, they were either misplaced or auctioned because they were not cleared from the port within the required time frame.
Mr. Mahama explained that before leaving office, he was informed that there were insufficient funds to clear the containers, which led him to believe that the containers were either auctioned or misplaced, but not lost.
The issue has raised questions regarding potential corruption in the management of ECG. According to Mr. Mahama, the failure to clear the containers on time led to the auctioning of some by the Ghana Revenue Authority, as part of the process for goods that are not cleared within the stipulated period.
In such cases, customs officials are authorized to dispose of the goods to recover port charges.
While over 1,300 ECG containers were initially reported as missing, Energy and Green Transition Minister John Abdulai Jinapor revealed that 40 containers have been traced to a warehouse owned by a Chinese national at Kpone, near Tema.
Since then, more than ten people have been arrested in connection with the case.
Minister Jinapor has also called on the Attorney General to investigate the matter. His office has formally requested the Attorney General to conduct further inquiries, with the possibility of taking legal action against those responsible.
“We’ve written to the Attorney General to conduct further investigations with the possibility of taking the culprits to court,” Jinapor stated.
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