Former Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, says the committee investigating the disappearance of over 1,300 ECG containers at the Tema Port never reached out to him to aid in investigations into the scandal.
According to him, he is disappointed at the way the committee handled the investigations as they gave him no opportunity to tell his story.
He also addressed allegation he had fled the country following his resignation from the ECG.
“Since this container issue came up, I have received several calls from some staff members of ECG, inquiring why I have not come to defend myself. Today, I want to clarify, since I resigned as the MD of ECG, I have not gone anywhere.
“There were reports that I had absconded from the country and gone into hiding. I can say for a fact that I have been in this country. The pain I feel now is what the committee has done to me.
“I was never contacted as part of the investigation of the committee. I didn’t receive any letter from any committee.
“If the committee had contacted me or spoken to me, I would have given out all the information I have because I only came in to serve Ghana. I worked for two years and four months. My records are there. The company hasn’t seen this kind of growth within this period,” he stated.
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.
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