Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, has assured Ghanaians of the government’s commitment to ensuring a regular and reliable electricity supply across the country.
Minister Jinapor gave the assurance on Wednesday during a high-level meeting with key stakeholders representing the nation’s bulk electricity users from the manufacturing and industrial sectors.
The meeting aimed to provide the minister with the opportunity to engage directly with major power consumers and better understand their concerns.
He was joined by officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC), the Energy Commission, the Volta River Authority (VRA), and the Bui Power Authority (BPA).
Addressing the stakeholders, the minister emphasised that “a strong industrial sector requires dependable power,” adding that “we remain fully committed to delivering it.”
Prior to this engagement, the minister had issued a seven-day ultimatum to ECG, the Energy Commission, and PURC to investigate and address widespread public complaints regarding the rapid depletion of prepaid electricity credits.
The directive mandates a probe into the issue of vanishing credits and the replacement of faulty meters, with the aim of restoring consumer trust amid rising electricity costs.
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