The Institute for Vitality Safety (IES) has kicked in opposition to the federal government’s resolution to merge the Volta River Authority (VRA), Bui Energy Authority, the Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG), and the Northern Electrical energy Distribution Firm (NEDCo).
The vitality assume tank instructed that the federal government ought to revamp the establishments to enhance effectivity quite than consolidating.
In an announcement, the Government Director of IES, Nana Amoasi VII, indicated that “whereas the proposed merger and restructuring of Ghana’s energy sector might have its proponents, we [IES] consider that the dangers far outweigh the advantages in its present type”.
“The main focus must be on stabilizing and strengthening the present establishments such because the VRA, Bui Energy Authority, ECG, and NEDCo, quite than dismantling them”.
He continued, “We urge the federal government to rethink the invoice and work in direction of options that protect Ghana’s vitality safety, affordability, and long-term sustainability”.
This suggestion from IES follows the draft invoice proposing the merger of the ability establishments to determine an impartial Thermal Energy Authority.
In the meantime, employees of the Volta River Authority (VRA) have expressed robust opposition to the proposed draft invoice, arguing that these choices usually are not in the very best curiosity of Ghanaians and will have extreme penalties for the VRA and the nation.
The Chairman of the Senior Workers Affiliation of VRA, Theophilus Tetteh Ahia, burdened that they might use all authorized means to cease the merger.
“We’re Ghanaians and we’re main stakeholders on this and we’re going to use all professional forces inside our means, all of the authorized processes that we’ve to make sure that Ghanaians usually are not shortchanged.
“We can not fold our arms and permit something Ghana to be offered to the best bidder. We’re going to resist this [merger].
“We’re popping out to petition TUC as a result of the little info we’ve is that they’ve additionally not been consulted. We’re going to petition the President to inform the President that we expect that this difficulty will not be in the very best curiosity of Ghanaians,” he famous.