The Minority in Parliament has tasked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to immediately address concerns of agitating GRIDco workers to avoid plunging the country into darkness again.
The workers have been agitating over the failure of the government to settle debts owed it which has gravely affected the operations of the company.
The leadership and members of the Senior Staff Association of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) is demanding the immediate payments of various sums of money owned them by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), VALCO, and NEDCo.
Addressing a press conference at the International Press Centre in Accra, Chairman of the Senior Staff Association of GRIDCo, Raphael Kornor said staff have reached their wit’s end and cannot continue to sacrifice any longer.
The staff, he said, have resolved to embark on various actions if the GHc 250 million the President directed the Finance Minister to be paid GRIDCo is not paid. The other debts they are demanding are the USD $32, 576,974.05 owed them by VALCO as at September 30th, 2019, the GHc 607 million owed by ECG as at 1st March 2019, the GHc 177 million owed them by NEDCo as at September 30th, 2019 and the GHc 94, 204,903.17 which is the PDS debt which the ECG collected during the suspension of PDS.
Speaking to Starr News, the minority spokesperson on Mines and Energy, Adam Mutawakilu, disclosed that the sector minister John Peter Amewu will be summoned over the matter.
The Damango MP further revealed that the Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta who according to him has hijacked the Energy Ministry will also be summoned for answers regarding the challenges in the energy sector in spite of accruals to ESLA
“If the transmission lines are not maintained, we will go back to dumsor…if the morale of the workers is not sound because of frustrations, they won’t put their best and we are asking Akufo-Addo that he should not take us back to dumsor…we call on them with immediate effect that these things are resolved.”
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh/103.5FM
