Accra: The Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has unveiled a strategic plan to enhance the operational efficiency of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) by signing a performance agreement with its district and general managers. This initiative aims to ensure quality service delivery by closely monitoring the managers' performance.

According to Ghana News Agency, Mr. John Abdulai Jinapor, the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, shared this development on the floor of Parliament while addressing a question about measures to tackle ECG's significant debt and operational losses. The ECG's current debt has reached GHc67 billion, prompting the Ministry to seek the involvement of the private sector in the company's billing and revenue collection processes. This collaboration is expected to leverage private sector resources, expertise, and experiences to mitigate ECG's commercial losses.

Additionally, the minister highlighted the implementation of cash waterfall mechanisms as a strategy to address revenue collection issues within the ECG. In response to an inquiry from Peter Lanchene Toobu, the Member of Parliament for Wa West, regarding electrification projects in specific areas of the Upper West Region, Mr. Jinapor indicated that the Ministry of Finance is in the process of finalizing procurement for essential project materials. He projected that these procurement processes would be completed by year-end, paving the way for the electrification projects in Varempere, Meteu, Gurungu, Kawu, and Tendomah.

Furthermore, the minister reassured residents in Bowohomoden, Tawiakrom, Congo town, Obengkrom, Kusikrom, Okakrom, and Kroboline in the Sefwi-Akontombra district of the Western Region about the Ministry's plans to connect their communities to the national power grid, addressing long-standing electricity access challenges.