{"id":109047,"date":"2025-12-29T19:27:26","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=109047"},"modified":"2025-12-29T19:27:26","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T19:27:26","slug":"this-is-an-abuse-of-trust-puwu-tuc-slams-govt-over-ecg-privatisation-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=109047","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is an abuse of trust\u2019- PUWU-TUC slams gov\u2019t over ECG privatisation plans"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Public Utilities Workers\u2019 Union (PUWU) has strongly criticised government plans to introduce private sector participation in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), describing the move as an \u201cabuse of trust\u201d and a betrayal of earlier agreements reached with organised labour.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview on Joy FM\u2019s Newsnight<\/em><\/strong> on Monday, December 29, the General Secretary of PUWU-TUC, Timothy Nyame, questioned the rationale behind pushing for privatisation at a time when ECG, he said, is recording a clear turnaround under its new leadership.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Nyame, identifying the problems at ECG was already \u201cabout 50 per cent of the solution,\u201d and workers, management, and the board have demonstrated that the company can recover without private investors.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are talking about a company that is turning around, yet you still want to infuse private sector participation,\u201d he said. \u201cDoes that mean you do not trust the people who have been appointed as the new directors?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Mr Nyame pointed to what he described as measurable improvements at ECG over a short period, crediting the progress to effective leadership and strong collaboration between management and workers.<\/p>\n

He said ECG is now recording high performance, including improved payments to Independent Power Producers (IPPs) and a reduction in system losses by three percentage points.<\/p>\n

\u201cYet, despite these gains, there is insistence on private sector participation at all costs,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The PUWU General Secretary expressed skepticism about claims that private sector participation would automatically improve efficiency, arguing that such arrangements often end up burdening citizens.<\/p>\n

Mr Nyame said the original agreement with government was meant to demonstrate the capacity of Ghanaians to turn around a struggling state enterprise when given the right direction and support.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll the conditions we agreed on were supposed to be adhered to by all parties,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He warned against any attempt to \u201cpaint a picture\u201d that ECG must be sold or handed over to private interests, insisting that the company is not an ordinary commercial entity.<\/p>\n

\u201cECG is not an ordinary company that can simply be divested and handed over to private interests. It is a strategic national asset that concerns all of us,\u201d Mr Nyame stated.<\/p>\n

According to him, ECG has capable and experienced staff who can restore the company\u2019s fortunes if properly led, and pushing privatisation now raises questions about government\u2019s confidence in its own appointees.<\/p>\n

Mr Nyame suggested that government\u2019s concern may be the pace of the turnaround rather than its direction, but questioned the logic behind that argument.<\/p>\n

Describing the situation as deeply disappointing, he said PUWU feels government has departed from the spirit and letter of earlier agreements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat is happening amounts to an abuse of trust. We are not happy. What we agreed on with the Minister is not what is being adhered to,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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