Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, says the management of both the Tema Port and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) must be held responsible for the mysterious vanishing of over 1,300 containers belonging to the ECG.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, March 28, Mahama Ayariga insisted offenders must be dealt with.
“Mr. Speaker, this country must change. I’m happy that the minister [Energy and Green Transition] has promised to go to the root of this matter, and he has the full support of this House to hold all those who were involved in this exercise accountable, from the leadership of ECG to the leadership of the Tema Port.
“And those who specifically stole the containers out of the port should also be held accountable. The companies that, over the years, have been exporting aluminium products. We need to investigate them, where have they been sourcing their aluminium products. the Majority Leader asserted.
Some 1,328 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) which were awaiting clearance at the Tema Port have gone missing.
This bombshell was revealed in an investigative report on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Chairman of the investigative committee, Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah disclosed the ECG initially claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers at the port. These containers are said to be filled with cables and other essential equipment for the work of ECG.
However, a recent independent audit at the port revealed that out of 2,491 containers, only 1,134 containers remain as at now. This means 1,347 containers have currently gone missing.
A full scale investigation was launched by the Minister for Energy, John Abdulai Jinapor after this report reached his desk.
During a tour of aluminium smelting facilities in Shai-Osudoku on Friday, March 28, authorities discovered several coils of stolen ECG cables, which were components of the missing containers, melted into blocks and further processed into aluminium rods for export.
Operatives of the National Security Secretariat arrested some 14 Chinese nationals and 2 Ghanaians following the bust at Shai-Osudoku.
Forty (40) containers have also been retrieved from an Indian businessman who says the containers and its contents were sold to him in 2024.
