{"id":246691,"date":"2016-09-08T12:17:06","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T12:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=246691"},"modified":"2016-09-08T12:17:06","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T12:17:06","slug":"ecg-workers-welcome-forgery-suit-against-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/ecg-workers-welcome-forgery-suit-against-govt\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG workers welcome forgery suit against gov’t"},"content":{"rendered":"

Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have welcomed a suit filed by a member of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) communications team, Saaka Salia, to stop government from proceeding with the privatization ECG.<\/p>\n

Government intends to cede the ECG to a concessionaire for 25 years under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Ghana Power Compact but Mr. Salia, in his suit, argued that concession license \u201cis a forgery and an act in fraud\u201d.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”xjLwoMN9A3IGLHQX41BGD0ZUuKNtnmNO”]ECG workers have already expressed their displeasure with the concession and embarked on a series of sit-down strikes in protest.<\/p>\n

The National Secretary of the Senior Staff Union of the ECG, Patrick Tetteh Binyemi spoke to Citi News<\/strong> and was hopeful the suit by Mr. Salia would draw government\u2019s attention to the shortfalls in the deal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thank God that Ghanaians are beginning to see the wrong deal we have engaged ourselves in,\u201d Mr. Binyemi said, noting that,\u00a0\u201cwhen you look at the request for proposals which were sent to the six prospective bidders, so many critical issues were not addressed in that RFP.\u201d<\/p>\n

He highlighted one ECG workers’ grievances as being that “the lease payment of usage of ECG distribution assets has not been determined.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSo upon what basis is the concessionaire going to make payment to restructure the ECG after using their assets,\u201d Mr. Binyemi questioned further.<\/p>\n

Concession to go ahead despite suit\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

This suit against government notwithstanding, the\u00a0Compact, also referred to as Compact II, has entered into force.<\/p>\n

\"Chief<\/a>
Chief Executive Officer of MiDA, Owura Kwaku Sarfo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A press statement released by the\u00a0Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) explained that by the action, the treaty which was \u00a0signed on August 5, 2014 between Ghana and the United States of America, represented by the MCC, has become effective and Ghana now has access to the programme funds.<\/p>\n

The suit against the government<\/strong><\/p>\n

The plaintiff, Mr. Salia has\u00a0argued that, MiDA is not fit to participate in concession because its conduct\u00a0breached Ghana\u2019s laws after it authored and circulated a draft tariff methodology.\u00a0Also being sued\u00a0are the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission, (PURC), the Attorney General’s office and the Energy Commission.<\/p>\n

Mr. Salia\u2019s writ asserted\u00a0that, the PURC “is the body with exclusive mandate by law to provide guidelines for determining tariffs and levels of tariffs, and in doing so in the manner prescribed by Act 538.”<\/p>\n

\"Deputy<\/a>
Deputy Power Minister-John Jinapor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

He also\u00a0wants a declaration to the effect that, “the said electricity distribution and sale licence is a forgery and an act in fraud, particularly as its authors and\/or circulators used the logo of the Energy Commission without prior knowledge and permission of the Commission.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Salia is thus praying the court to declare that “all transactions or processes touching and concerning the said concession arrangement for the ECG using the said tariff methodology document are null and void.”<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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