Parliament has approved the proposed Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) concession by Melraco Consortium.
This was after Cabinet okayed the concession after scrutinizing documents covering the takeover.
Chief Executive Officer of Millennium Development Authority (MiDA), Martin Esson Benjamin said the processes involved in the ECG privatization.
Under this compact, six projects will be implemented to address the root causes of the unavailability and unreliability of power in Ghana which are ECG Financial and Operational Turnaround Project, NEDCo Financial and Operational Turnaround Project, Regulatory Strengthening and Capacity Building Project, and Access Project.
Others include Power Generation Sector Improvement Project and Energy Efficiency, and Demand Side Management Project.
Presenting the joint committee’s report on the floor of Parliament, Tuesday, July 24, 2018, the Chairman of the Committee on Mines & Energy, Hon. Emmanuel K. Gyamfi told Members that the Committee is hopeful that the private sector participation in the ECG by means of a concession would help to turn around the fortunes of the utility service provider and return the company to financial and operational viability.
The deal, he noted, is advantageous to the government partly because the Concessionaire is responsible for all major new investments that will help to minimize the impacts of such investments on the national budget.
