President of the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association (GEDA), Joseph Obeng, has slammed the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) over its report indicating that 70 percent of imported electrical cables into the country are substandard and could cause fires.<\/p>\n
The Association’s President, Joseph Obeng, said that presence of fake cables was an indictment on the GSA’s regulatory standards at the ports, since the Authority shirked its responsibility of checking the influx of these fake cables.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”XwmZiT4pdTkpKjpENm89MBk9p4DhH2cq”]The Director-General of the Authority, Alex Dodoo, had revealed to the media that, only two local\u00a0electrical cable brands passed its critical safety requirement test at its cable laboratory out of the 22 sampled.<\/p>\n
The GSA had also stated that, a nationwide surveillance conducted revealed that over 70 percent of all imported electrical cable brands on the market were substandard and could cause fires.<\/p>\n
But Mr. Obeng said indications from the GSA were ill-intentioned \u201cbecause they [the GSA] have so many other imported cables that have come to their institutions for testing and they have all passed.\u201d<\/p>\n
He further held that the report “seemed to portray that all imported cables are not passing the test so it was not in good taste.\u201d<\/p>\n
GSA as gatekeepers<\/strong><\/p>\n Whilst noting that there were some dealers that cut corners, Mr. Obeng said the \u201conus lies on the Ghana Standards Authority to make sure that we put a stop to this influx of inferior cables.\u201d<\/p>\n He stressed that, \u201cwhen you bring goods, they [the GSA] have to do the testing before they give the clearance for the goods to leave the port, and so it is an indictment on themselves because, in any case, how were those goods able to go to the market?\u201d<\/p>\n GSA to name and shame<\/strong><\/p>\n Deputy Chief Executive of the GSA, Dr. Poku Adusei,\u00a0indicated to Citi News that the Authority will in due course publish names of electrical cable brands that failed its critical safety requirement test for conductor resistance.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Caleb Kudah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" President of the Ghana Electrical Dealers Association (GEDA), Joseph Obeng, has slammed the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) over its report indicating that 70 percent of imported electrical cables into the country are substandard and could cause fires. The Association’s President, Joseph Obeng, said that presence of fake cables was an indictment on the GSA’s regulatory […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[10,11],"tags":[2279,2280,3,2281],"yoast_head":"\n