Tema Port, ECG leadership must answer for missing containers – Mahama Ayariga

The Majority Leader, Mahama Ayariga, has argued that the management of the Tema Port and the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) must be held liable for the missing containers belonging to the ECG.

This follows the wake of disclosure that over 1,300 ECG containers filled with essential equipment have gone missing at the Tema Port.

During a tour of aluminium smelting facilities in Shai-Osudoku on Friday, March 28, authorities discovered several coils of stolen ECG cables, which were components of the missing containers, melted into blocks and further processed into aluminium rods for export.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, March 28, Mahama Ayariga insisted offenders must be held accountable and dealt with.

In a statement the majority leader said, “the country must change; however, he is happy that the minister for Energy and Green Transition Hon. John Abdulai Jinapor has promised to go to the root of this matter, which he has the full support of this House to hold all those who were involved in this exercise accountable, from the leadership of ECG to the leadership of the Tema Port.

Mahama Ayariga further urge the government to investigate companies who have been exporting aluminium products and how they have been sourcing their products over the years arguing that those who specifically stole the containers out of the port should be held accountable and face the law.