Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza has slammed MD for Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Samuel DuBik Mahama for what he terms boasting over disconnection of electricity supply to Parliament.
Mr. Mahama on Starr Chat on Thursday, February 29, 2024 with Bola Ray confirmed the disconnection disclosing a substantial amount of the debt had been paid.
He, however, indicated just as Parliament was doing its work, his staff were also doing their work of revenue mobilization.
Speaking to the matter on the floor of parliament Mr. Agbodza asked the House to get the ECG MD to retract his comments.
”The ECG Boss was on TV yesterday boasting that what was parliament doing? Parliament was doing their job, they were also doing their job taking off people’s lights. Mr Speaker, I don’t think that is right. Parliament does not generate IGF, Mr Speaker, we don’t have any extra money to pay ECG. If Parliament is unable to pay its electricity bill it is simply because government hasn’t released money to Parliament. If we had our own moeny we would have paid the bill. So we take it very seriously for the ECG Boss to be boasting that, yes, I turned the lights off because I am also doing my job. Mr Speaker, I think that this is an affront to Parliament and I will wish that you direct that he should retract that.
In a response majority leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin called for a meeting with management of ECG over the matter.
According to him, when he asked the ECG MD as to whether there was a disconnection exercise he answered in the negative.
Source: Kasapafmonline.com