Ghana’s successful implementation of the electrical wiring programme has attracted some African nations to adopt it and implement the same in their respective countries, Executive Secretary of Energy Commission, Rev. Oscar Amonoo-Neizer, has revealed.
Ghana passed the Electrical Wiring Regulations, 2011(L.I.2008) and began implementation in 2012.
Since the passage of the LI 2008, the Energy Commission, which is the implementation agency, trained and certified over 14,000 electrical wiring practitioners.
These certified electrical wiring practitioners are now called certified electrical wiring professionals.
Speaking at the launch of the 10th anniversary of the Electrical Wiring Programme in Accra recently, the Executive Secretary of the Energy Commission, Ing Oscar Amonoo-Neizer hailed the implementation of the programme, stating that other African nations are emulating Ghana.
“This programme of ours has attracted many other regulators in Africa to come and learn from us. And currently, as I speak, there are countries like Liberia and Sierra Leone who are trying to adopt the same thing we have done because they have been able to see the successes that we have chalked by the LI being passed,” he said.
Commenting on the programme, the Deputy Minister for Energy, Herbert Krapa noted that the days when electrical wiring practitioners used crude methods to test their work, due to expensive electrical wiring test instruments, are fast fading.
He said the Commission’s negotiated discount scheme on such instruments is making it possible every day for completed wiring works to be tested more professionally.
“The Ministry of Energy will continue to work together with you and all relevant stakeholders in providing the necessary leadership to deepen the Commission’s mandate in this direction,” he said.
A report by the Ghana National Fire Service shows that the fire outbreak associated with poor electrical wiring has been minimised since the implementation of the programme.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
