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An Accra High Court has dismissed an application for interlocutory injunction<\/strong><\/a><\/span> by the leadership of the Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU), seeking to halt the privatization of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).<\/p>\n

According the court, presided over by Justice Lorrenda Owusu, her decision was based on the governing principle of balance of convenience.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”RWhrPd84GEFTXbEsNMMar53Iji9Qv6XR”]She further explained that, the state had more to lose if the injunction was granted, and the final judgment of the substantive case went in their favor.<\/p>\n

Justice Owusu advised both the workers of ECG and government, to continue negotiations in order to reach an amicable agreement.<\/p>\n

Background<\/strong><\/p>\n

PUWU dragged\u00a0ECG, the Attorney-General and the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) to court in on October 3, 2017<\/strong><\/a><\/span> over the privatization of ECG.<\/p>\n

They have demanded for severance packages<\/strong><\/a><\/span> for ECG workers because of the privatization move.<\/p>\n

PUWU in its suit also sought a perpetual injunction to restrain the defendants, their assigns and privies from continuing with the Compact Agreement between the government of Ghana and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on August 5, 2014 for the reform of the electricity distribution sector of Ghana by, among other issues, appointing a concessionaire to take over the distribution of electricity from the ECG and related agreements.<\/p>\n

PUWU had started agitations in this regard in September, expressing fears that their members will lose their jobs following the\u00a0Power Compact signed with the United States of America under the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Power Compact II\u00a0programme.<\/p>\n

They contended that, discussions that went into negotiations for the sale of ECG, did not factor the declaration of redundancy, despite the content of Section 65 of the Labour Act.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile the substantive case is still pending.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Fred Djabanor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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