Although the Africa Center for Energy Policy (ACEP) welcomes the resignation of the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, the center says his resignation alone is not enough to purge the company.
ACEP is therefore calling for the entire board and management of the company to follow suit.
In an exclusive interview with The High Street Journal, Petroleum & Conventional Energy Policy Lead for ACEP Kodzo Yaotse explains that there is a need for the entire board and management of ECG to be cleared to pave the way for the needed reforms.
Kodzo Yaotse says there is a need for an entirely new management to stir the affairs of the struggling company. This, he believes, will provide the opportunity for the new management to be tied to strict Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).
“That is just the first step in the reform process. It’s not only him, we call for the entire management team to resign. The next step is for the board to go so that we now begin a process of looking for very transparent leadership that we can give strict KPIs on reforming the company so that they can turn around the company during the period,” the Policy Lead of ACEP contended.
He therefore admitted that the resignation of Samuel Mahama himself is laudable but that alone is not enough.
He said, “It is good that he himself resigned. We don’t know the reasons given for his resignation but it is good that he himself has seen what is going on and feels that he has to give way for some other entity or person that can really push through the reform. It’s the first step, we hope to see the entire board cleared.”
Samuel Dubik Mahama, the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), officially resigned from his duty on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, after spending a little over two years in office.
In his resignation letter, he cited personal reasons for his sudden departure from the power distribution company. His resignation will take effect two weeks from the announcement.
