President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn-in Board of the Millennium Development Authority to advise government appropriately on the way forward in the issue of the intended concession of the Electricity Company Ghana under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Power Compact II.<\/p>\n
The advice of the Board would determine government\u2019s next line of action, he said, adding that the board should ensure that the Power Compact II was completed within schedule.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”CLReoEepFdliWaj6QCuDXFjNfudhw2zr”]The President on Monday swore in the 11 member board headed by Professor Yaa Ntiamoah Badu at the Flagstaff House.<\/p>\n
At the ceremony, he said “there is a major task before you which is to help resolve the future of the critical part of this compact; which is the private sector solution to the development of the electricity corporation of Ghana which is on the table.\u201d<\/p>\n
“We believe it is necessary for us to have a look at what is on the table and make sure the various challenges that there are to the progress of the compact involved in the Electricity Corporation\u2019s role and the manner of its law are resolved.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGovernment has already started doing so. Some of the key people who are involved in that are also members of your board and hopefully, the government\u2019s take on how we go forward will be out\u00a0and our interest is making sure that this compact is implemented successfully so that the people of Ghana would benefit from it,\u201d President Akufo-Addo added.<\/p>\n
Compact 2 agreement signed<\/strong><\/p>\n Ghana and the Millennium Challenge Corporation of the US government signed the second Compact worth $498 million\u00a0in October 2016.<\/p>\n The agreement brought to total $1.4 billion received by the government to be injected into the country’s energy sector geared towards making the ECG more efficient.<\/p>\n Some staff of ECG expressed fears they would be laid off amidst rumours of the privatisation of the company, but the MCC has insisted that the company will not be privatised but be strengthened to work more efficiently.<\/p>\n Under the Power Compact, six projects will be implemented to address the unavailability and unreliability of power in Ghana<\/p>\n The project includes ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround Project, NEDCo Financial and Operational Turnaround Project, Regulatory Strengthening and Capacity Building Project, and Access Project.<\/p>\n The rest are Power Generation Sector Improvement Project and Energy Efficiency, and Demand Side Management Project.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President Nana Akufo-Addo has charged the newly sworn-in Board of the Millennium Development Authority to advise government appropriately on the way forward in the issue of the intended concession of the Electricity Company Ghana under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Power Compact II. The advice of the Board would determine government\u2019s next line of action, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":301594,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[332,3,5031,156],"yoast_head":"\n