ECG Staff Hoist Red Flag To Protest Privatisation

ECG Staff Hoist Red Flag To Protest Privatisation

Staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd. (ECG), have intensified their protests again government’s plan to privatise the operations of the Company. The staff union, under the Public Utility Workers Union of TUC (PUWU-TUC) in its latest protest has hoisted red flags across all operational offices of the Company to express its strong opposition to government’s intention to appoint a transaction advisor for the transition of ECG into Private …

PUWU warns against rushed privatisation of ECG, urges full turnaround programme

By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH The Public Utility Workers’ Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), Ghana, has kicked against what it describes as a hasty move by the government to push the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) toward private sector participation (PSP), warning that such a decision risks undermining an ongoing turnaround programme that is already yielding results. In a statement issued and signed by its General Secretary, Mr. Ti…