'Just apologize' – Sefa Kayi advises Ashanti Regional minister amidst fracas with ECG officials

Kwame Sefa Kayi, host of the Kokrokoo morning show, has urged the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, to seek a peaceful resolution to his ongoing dispute with officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the region.

The Peace FM presenter suggests that instead of adopting a confrontational stance, the minister should cordially apologize to the employees of the power supply company to settle the issue.

"But Minister, what would happen if you apologized to them? Not everything should be handled confrontationally. My friend, Mr. Osei-Mensah, this feud with ECG is not beneficial. Minister, you, of all people, should just call them and acknowledge them as your people... After that, offer them a meal, and that should conclude the matter," he commented on the Monday, April 29, 2024, broadcast of his show.

Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana have been pressuring the Ashanti Regional Minister to apologize for instigating the arrest of their Ashanti East Manager, Mark Wiafe Asomani.

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However, Mr. Osei-Mensah has dismissed these requests, asserting that his actions were warranted.

"Do I need to apologize for carrying out my security duties? I want to clarify that I requested the police to summon Ing. Mark Asomani Wiafe on security grounds due to the events in the electricity sector in the region and the possibility of a task force from outside disconnecting power without adequate notification. It's ironic that they claim not to be under my jurisdiction, hence I cannot direct their actions, yet they wish to instruct me on how to fulfill my security obligations as stipulated in the Securities and Intelligence Act of 2020, Act 10(30)," the minister explained to journalists during a press briefing last week.

The Ashanti Regional Minister authorized the arrest of Mr. Wiafe after ECG disconnected the power supply to Kumasi Technical University due to accrued debts.

The minister contends that ECG's actions were a defiance of his authority.

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