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Myjoyonline.com
April 27, 2018
The anonymity of the local partners in the Meralco-Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) takeover agreement is becoming increasingly unsettling. The Minority in Parliament, representatives of the Public Utility Workers Union and the African Centre for Energy Policy are all on the lookout for the local partnersÃâà...
Myjoyonline.com
April 22, 2018
Former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor, is demanding full disclosure of the identity of the indigenous Ghanaians who own 51 percent of the Meralco Consortium in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession arrangement. The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), on ThursdayÃâà...
GhanaWeb
April 3, 2018
David Mensah was caught with stolen electricity meters, belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). ... All the workers profusely maintained they were innocent but a woman – Victoria Adidi, who had seen Mensah pretend working on a meter at about 2200 hours the previous night gave him out.
BusinessGhana
March 18, 2018
The Electricity Company of Ghana has launched a “Code of Conduct” for its staff and third party contractors to guide their behaviour, attitude and conduct in ... The code of conduct outlines rules for social norms, rules and responsibilities of proper practice for an individual worker, a party or an organisation toÃâà...
Peace FM Online
March 12, 2018
... of an ongoing process to engage the private sector in the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the country's main power distributor. ... Despite the severe opposition from ECG workers and Labour against the deal, former President John Mahama fought through the deal, which willÃâà...
Myjoyonline.com
March 10, 2018
National Democratic Congress (NDC) parliamentarian for Bawku Central, Mahama Ayariga, has revealed he has never been in support of an ongoing process to engage the private sector in the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), the country's main power distributor. Meanwhile, thatÃâà...
Citifmonline
February 26, 2018
The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG, over the weekend held a dinner and an Awards night to climax the month-long celebration of the company's 50 ... Nexans Kablemetal Ghana Limited, Dupaul Wood, Byes and Ways Limited, A T Kearney BV, Tropical Cables Limited, and the Public Utilities WorkersÃâà...
GhanaWeb
February 20, 2018
His comment follows the rejection of a 51-percent stake in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by Ghanaian private investors by the concessionaires. ... The agreement has suffered some setbacks in the past because some workers of ECG complained that the deal is not in the interest of the countryÃâà...
Graphic Online
February 19, 2018
He cited the case of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) where the workers were resisting attempts to have it privatised although the company was financially draining the state. He said there were many other SOEs like that and noted that until that situation was reversed and the private sector made toÃâà...
Citifmonline
December 23, 2017
Two men have been arrested for allegedly posing as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and defrauding some persons in Agbogba, near Legon in ... While police investigations have established that Yeboah is a contract worker of the ECG, Armah, on the other hand, is a private electrician.
Graphic Online
December 22, 2017
Two men have been arrested for allegedly posing as workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and defrauding some persons in Agbogba, near Legon in ... While police investigations have established that Yeboah is a contract worker of the ECG, Armah, on the other hand, is a private electrician.
Citifmonline
November 16, 2017
The Dzodze Magistrate Court in the Volta Region, presided over by Lawrence Buernor Buer, on Monday sentenced a primary four pupil teacher, Mac-Billy Ani, to fines for assaulting a technical staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), and illegally tapping electricity. The accused, Mac-Billy Ani, whoÃâà...
Citifmonline
October 7, 2017
Citi Business News has gathered that, the six concessionaires bidding to takeover the operations of the Electricity Company of Ghana are currently in ... a writ at an Accra High Court for declaration and clarification of section 55 of the labour Act as part of their demand for redundancy pay for ECG workers. –.
Myjoyonline.com
October 5, 2017
The Minority in Parliament has asked government to demonstrate transparency and negotiate with aggrieved workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). This comes as energy expects warn of the possibility that the country could lose out on the $400 million Millennium Challenge Compact-2 FundÃâà...
Ghana News Agency
October 4, 2017
Accra, Oct 6 GNA - Mr Adams Mutawakilu, the Minority Spokesperson on Energy has called on government to show transparency by dialoguing with the aggrieved workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). According to him, the Minority in Parliament was not impressed with the way the Minister ofÃâà...
GhanaWeb
October 4, 2017
A Deputy Minister of Energy, Joseph Cudjoe, has assured members of the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) that no worker of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) will be laid off during the company's privatization. The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) has sued three institutions that areÃâà...
Citifmonline
September 28, 2017
The Ministry of Energy says it will partner with the Ministry of Employment and Labour Relations, to resolve the concerns Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) workers have regarding the privatization of the company. According to the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, the government is willing to engageÃâà...
Citifmonline
September 27, 2017
The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) is demanding from the government proof that Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) workers will be retained by the concessionaires who will take over ECG in September 2018. The latest demand follows a sit-down strike by ECG staff, who are requesting aÃâà...
Citifmonline
September 27, 2017
Customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), were stranded on Wednesday at various offices of the company, following a two-hour sit down strike. The strike action comes after a demand for payment of redundancy pay by the Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU), for all workers of ECG before theÃâà...
Myjoyonline.com
September 26, 2017
Workers of the Electricity Corporation of Ghana are demanding a severance package ahead of the planned privatization under the Millennium Challenge Power Compact agreement. The demand is a sudden change in strategy by the workers who for years have vehemently resisted the plan to privatize theÃâà...
Nigeria Today
December 31, 1999
CitifmonlinePUWU commends gov't's review of ECG concession dealCitifmonlineThe Public Utility Workers' Union (PUWU) has praised government's decision to review the concession arrangement of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), under the Power Compact II arrangement. The Union said theÃâà...
Energy Digital
December 31, 1999
was technically introduced to the world by Thomas Edison in the late 1800s, it was not until recently that the concept became a “hot topic” as an almost undeniable market necessity. Our renewables feature this month explores just that: the role of microgrids within the energy industry yesterday, today andÃâà...
GhanaWeb
December 31, 1999
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has urged Ghanaians to disregard reports that the firm has been sold to a private company. ... there will be no involuntary redundancy due to the concessionaire policy,” he said, adding that “some ECG workers who would be transferred to the concessionaire wouldÃâà...
