Energy Ministry refers report on missing ECG containers to A-G’s Office
The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has submitted its report on the missing Electricity Company of Ghana(ECG) containers to the office of the Attorney-General (A-G) for action.
It said it had recommended the prosecution of the persons who might be found responsible for causing financial loss to the state in that saga.
The Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, announced this when he paid a working visit to the ECG Head Office in Accra yesterday.
“We have handed the full document to the Attorney General. He’s studying it.
And if people are found culpable, I’m very confident that the law will take its course.
We are not victimising anybody.
We are doing what is right and what is proper.
The taxpayers’ money must be accounted for,” he said.
“It’s been a very, very difficult task, but like I said, we should never go down that path again.
And as minister, I will not tolerate that. If it happened in the past, it must not happen today,” the minister stated.
Contracts review
Mr Jinapor also noted that ECG’s management had reviewed 347 contracts and successfully terminated 202 of them without incurring costs or legal implications.
“Your MD and the team have reviewed most of the contracts. Of the 347 contracts that they’ve reviewed, they’ve successfully, without cost and without legal implication, terminated 202 of those contracts.
What it means is that you didn’t need those over 200 contracts.
And yet, somebody decided that he would sign those contracts,” he added.
Background
In March this year, during an official interaction, Mr Abdulai Jinapor and the ECG, the power distributor, claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment at the Tema Port.
The minister subsequently set up a committee chaired by Professor Innocent Senyo Acquah to investigate the claims.
The committee found out that while ECG claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment, an independent audit at the port found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,357 missing.
After months of work, the committee traced over 2,600 containers, with about 1,500 cleared from the ports.
As of April 30, 2025, the ECG had 2,583 outstanding containers at various locations, and of that number, a significant portion remained at the Tema Port.
The initial investigations also detected that 2,437 containers surpassed the 60-day clearance window and were classified as uncleared cargo list (UCL), with 41 verified lists cleared from the port.
Of the missing containers, 860 were found at Meridian Port Services, 1,237 at GPHA Terminals, while 272 were evacuated by National Security personnel.
Also, 194 were located at Amaris Terminal, while 20 were retrieved at ATLAS Manufacturing Terminal.
