This issue of the The Statesman is a day late in hitting the news stands; one of thousands of companies across the country to be hit by the crippling and unpredictable inefficiency of the Electricity Company of Ghana. Even for a country which is unfortunately used to regular power cuts, the last few weeks have been a trial: with unplanned and unannounced lights out almost every day, it seems.
The inefficiency of our national electricity provider is contributing to the inefficiency of this nation and the stagnation of its development. ECG must stop making excuses and stop shifting the blame, says The Statesman; it must act immediately to rectify this situation before heads rightfully begin to roll. It is not as though the ECG doesn?t have a plan; the Energy Commission of Ghana recently published its comprehensive strategy for the development of ECG up until 2025, detailing the way in which the company will expand its energy sources in order to meet the growing demand for electricity in this country. There were even three different scenarios detailed in the plan for different levels of growth in demand, giving the impression of an organisation in tune with its consumers and responsive to their needs.
Source: GhanaWeb
