IPPs’ contractual arrangements partly to blame for energy sector problems – TUC’s Dr Otoo

Speaking on JoyNews’ Newsfile, Dr Otoo also questioned the decision by the government to rely on an assessment of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) conducted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), particularly at a time when organised labour is opposed to proposals for private-sector participation in the company.

For Dr Otoo, however, any assessment of ECG and proposed reforms should take into account the perspectives of workers and organised labour, as well as the wider contractual and financial arrangements that have shaped Ghana’s energy sector.

He said he found it “difficult and strange” that government would ask the IMF to undertake an assessment of ECG, arguing that the Fund has consistently advocated reforms involving greater private-sector participation in state-owned entities.