The Minister of Power and Inexperienced Transmission, Dr. John Abdullahi Jinapole, has warned engineers of the Electrical energy Firm of Ghana (ECG) Restricted to keep away from politicizing their work.
He identified that every one engineers working below the ECG and Power Division don’t pledge allegiance to any political occasion however to the nation.
Dr Jinapoh made this assertion throughout a gathering with 4 regional managers, 21 district managers and ECG engineers working within the Ashanti area.
He identified that the corporate’s incapacity to supply steady, protected and high-quality electrical energy to the general public attributable to deliberate negligence by some engineers has tarnished the popularity of the vitality sector.
“Your job is to be an engineer, not a politician. You possibly can’t be a politician. That is why I am telling you to give up if you wish to be a politician,” the minister reminded them.
He confused that it’s his obligation to make sure the self-discipline, dedication and dedication of all personnel working within the vitality sector to supply high quality, protected and steady electrical energy to all residents.
Dr Jinapole stated that aside from the widespread criticism leveled on the authorities throughout the interval of frequent energy outages, ECG additionally suffered income losses from electrical energy that remained unused regardless of paying for it.
Dr. Jinapole stated that aside from engineers, all ECG directors, particularly district directors, should do every part of their energy to make sure that the fitting issues are completed in energy distribution.
“You’re the face of EKG. In case your managers do not carry out properly, the corporate’s picture will undergo,” he stated.
Dr. Jinapole disclosed {that a} full command and management middle has been established below the auspices of the Ministry of Power and the Power Fee.
He defined that this can be a strategic mechanism to trace service supply to the inhabitants utilizing trendy know-how.
Moreover, all directors will obtain a brand new telephone with a devoted contact quantity linked to the system they’re organising.
Dr. Ginapo confused that the calls have been to make sure that the managers acquired the studies on time and responded on time.
“The principle challenge is response time. This middle just isn’t just for updates but in addition for monitoring transformers,” he stated.
The minister stated brief codes and numbers linked to the system can be supplied to the general public to report energy conditions to authorities.
Moreover, he stated that a lot of electrical bikes and pickup vehicles can be distributed to the ECG district to facilitate the operations of the district.
He stated the Division of Power had deliberately geared up the ECG with the instruments it wanted to higher serve the general public.
Dr Jinapoh stated managers and engineers can be held accountable for all failures in offering high quality, protected and steady electrical energy provide within the area and the nation.
He famous that numerous tasks are being carried out by stakeholders within the vitality sector to extend the area’s vitality technology capability because the inhabitants grows.
“Quickly, greater than 1000 MW of energy can be put in right here in Kumasi, which is a strategic location,” he stated.
Dr. Jinapoh, subsequently, implored ECG officers to provide their greatest to the division and warned them to not attempt to sabotage the system.
