Energy Ministry says proposed private sector participation in ECG is not privatisation

The Energy Ministry has rejected claims that the government’s proposed private sector participation (PSP) in the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) amounts to privatisation.

He noted that private sector participation already exists in parts of ECG and NEDCo’s operations, including electricity sales and, in some instances, revenue collection.

Speaking in an interview on Joy FM's Top Story on Tuesday, September 8, the spokesperson and Head of Communications at the Energy Ministry, Richmond Rockson, says the key distinction lies in ownership, arguing that the proposed PSP arrangement does not involve the transfer of ownership of ECG or the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo).