ECG compact can be reviewed - US Ambassador

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Nii Ablorh 9 years ago

as a developing nation if you give out your Energy and Water sector to private and foreign ownership then you are dead, these are security asserts , Ivory Coast is a case in point where they are being controlled by the French ...
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as a developing nation if you give out your Energy and Water sector to private and foreign ownership then you are dead, these are security asserts , Ivory Coast is a case in point where they are being controlled by the French,be wise Ghanaians
cee 9 years ago

My friend don't compare Ghana to the Ivory Coast, in terms of development, take a trip to Abidjan and other citys in the Ivory coast ,Ghana is about 10 years behind. I lived there for 15 years. COTE' D V?I RE is well develop ...
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My friend don't compare Ghana to the Ivory Coast, in terms of development, take a trip to Abidjan and other citys in the Ivory coast ,Ghana is about 10 years behind. I lived there for 15 years. COTE' D V?I RE is well developed not by the government only but by mainly the private sector .remember government don't create jobs private sector ?o that's why America is strong. Ghanaian people needs more private investers to build our infrastructure such electricity water and sewer. That will stop power outage, water shortage and also flooding Ghanaian people needs more education on this subject.
Catch 9 years ago

Cee or whatever your name is,who told you Ivory Coast is more developed than GH? Can you compare Bouake to Kumasi? Or Khorogo to Tamale? You people just talk anyhow on the web. I have been in Ivory Coast the past 20yrs and I ...
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Cee or whatever your name is,who told you Ivory Coast is more developed than GH? Can you compare Bouake to Kumasi? Or Khorogo to Tamale? You people just talk anyhow on the web. I have been in Ivory Coast the past 20yrs and I know what I am talking about. Appreciate GH is far better than what you think.
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

The best shot for ECG is listing it on the Ghana Bourse

The best shot for ECG is listing it on the Ghana Bourse
Prince Awuah David 9 years ago

It is sad that some suspected criminals on government are enslaving millions of people for only GHC20 over 25 years or so instead of solving the problems or seeking advice from intelligent people like myself. What kind of wic ...
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It is sad that some suspected criminals on government are enslaving millions of people for only GHC20 over 25 years or so instead of solving the problems or seeking advice from intelligent people like myself. What kind of wickedness is this and what kind of ignorant people are being enslave with closed mouth? I see the reasons for absolute poverty in Africa including Ghana. The population of Ghana is about 25 million, meaning that to sell ECG for only $500M.

Ass suggestion, to recoup this $500Million for managing the company without selling it for 25 years, Homes that can afford maybe recommended to pay a subsidized bill for say 1 year at discount of about 50% as an incentive to generate funds to manage the company.
modinsane 9 years ago

Thank you Mr.Ablorh. You've said it right.
What has the US Ambassador got to do with this? What is his cut in this bussiness?

If Ghanaians don't wake up with deal to go through we will be enslaved for another 25yrs to com ...
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Thank you Mr.Ablorh. You've said it right.
What has the US Ambassador got to do with this? What is his cut in this bussiness?

If Ghanaians don't wake up with deal to go through we will be enslaved for another 25yrs to come.
Ray 9 years ago

What does he want to review? U .s are holding elections and what is going. On over here is more than Ghana. He distant himself from our internal affairs. Ghana for Ghanaians

What does he want to review? U .s are holding elections and what is going. On over here is more than Ghana. He distant himself from our internal affairs. Ghana for Ghanaians
ADE 9 years ago

ECG IS AN EXISTING COMPANY,FINANCED BY GHANA. AND THE COMPANY IS DISTRIBUTION ENERGY EFFICIENTLY.THE ONLY PROBLEM IS CORRUPTION AMONG THE STAFF. GHANA DO NOT NEED LOAN TO CORRECT CORRUPTION ATTITUDES.

ECG IS AN EXISTING COMPANY,FINANCED BY GHANA. AND THE COMPANY IS DISTRIBUTION ENERGY EFFICIENTLY.THE ONLY PROBLEM IS CORRUPTION AMONG THE STAFF. GHANA DO NOT NEED LOAN TO CORRECT CORRUPTION ATTITUDES.
Acremos 9 years ago

Ghanaians should be careful with these Americans who have never wanted the well being of Africans. They sniffe everywhere just to put other nations into confusion.

Ghanaians should be careful with these Americans who have never wanted the well being of Africans. They sniffe everywhere just to put other nations into confusion.
Ken USA 9 years ago

Why do you worry about Ghana they don't want to develop. I have to buy electric poles to my house and pay for meters before it got connected to electricity under this ECG, the workers know that they can't make those illegal ...
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Why do you worry about Ghana they don't want to develop. I have to buy electric poles to my house and pay for meters before it got connected to electricity under this ECG, the workers know that they can't make those illegal money with their bosses. They prepare to sleep in the dark and factories being closed down. U and I know that in the States there are different companies providing electricity so there is healthy competition, customer satisfaction and no monopoly. We use to have GBC as the only media institution sometime ago with private participation in media sector. GBC today ranks last,,,,, look at the number of employment that has come up. This is a black man attitude,,,. What on earth do we have to buy poles and pay for electric meters to be installed in our house for a Company called ECG to make their own money. Most of the bills l guess ends up in pockets of certain people, ,, Anas Aremeyaw Anas this is a jackpot for you to make a name !!!!

Xena Vera 9 years ago

Ken: you are not serious...you talked about different companies providing electricity in the USA.....do you really understand what ECG does? ECG doesn't provide electricity, it distributes electricity. You mentioned GBC, was ...
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Ken: you are not serious...you talked about different companies providing electricity in the USA.....do you really understand what ECG does? ECG doesn't provide electricity, it distributes electricity. You mentioned GBC, was GBC sold? Why do the private investor establish his or her company...why is this national asset be sold in the name of PSP.....you also asked why you should buy poles to extend electricity to your house and still pay for electricity?....let me ask you one right back.....does electricity have legs???. If you don't see the grievous and precarious situations the country faces once we loose this national asset, don't just talk anyhow..
obi 9 years ago

this man is telling to know that they ll send as back to the colonial rule ,but we want to tell him that we are already aware

this man is telling to know that they ll send as back to the colonial rule ,but we want to tell him that we are already aware
JAY 9 years ago

Nonsense,the Ambassador is saying it will take a company 25years to recoup 500mdollars,so it means the company will only need to invest only 20mdollars per year for 25years.The problem with ECG is the huge debt owned mainly b ...
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Nonsense,the Ambassador is saying it will take a company 25years to recoup 500mdollars,so it means the company will only need to invest only 20mdollars per year for 25years.The problem with ECG is the huge debt owned mainly by Government,company's and consumers
Lando 9 years ago

The day of reckoning will surely arrive and those who together with colonialists are wrecking this nation to ransome will surely answer if there is a God!

The day of reckoning will surely arrive and those who together with colonialists are wrecking this nation to ransome will surely answer if there is a God!
Nana Ansah 9 years ago

Once upon a time Ghana had a God sent prophet in the name of Kwame Nkrumah who prophesied neo-colonialism and the way it works but we paid no heed to his message. Today we are suffering the consequences of our own folly. When ...
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Once upon a time Ghana had a God sent prophet in the name of Kwame Nkrumah who prophesied neo-colonialism and the way it works but we paid no heed to his message. Today we are suffering the consequences of our own folly. When will Ghanaians/Africans learn to think of our interest first? Never sign a pact with the devil you know. Because as they say the devil never sleeps and as usual the devil is always in the sordid details.

We sold our communication sector to Vodafone. As I write, Vodafone and a host of this tech companies like MTN etc. are siphoning huge millions of dollars each month out of the country one of the reasons why our cedi lost it value. We are now going to sell energy and water to foreigners for peanuts due to a few belly thinkers whose horizon about the future reaches only the tip of their flat noses. I think we are heading for self made disaster. This is national political suicide or felo de se as it is known in legal terms.

What is a nation worth if your source of communication, energy and water which is our lifeblood is the hands of foreign operators? It does not take a rocket scientist to find this out. And what if we opt out in a few years?! Another judgement debt of unforeseen consequences because we got lost in the details? No, nobody today can tell the good people of Ghana that they could not anticipate the results. A little bit of risk analysis will do the trick. However, the greatest trick America ever pulled is convincing the world that their bait and switch capitalism is the best. But that exist only in never-never land.

I bet, soon our security forces (police and Army) will be up for grabs and then we will be back to square one. Another fight for independence?

Oman Ghana don't fall for this bait and let no one put us under duress. If we permit it then we cannot turn around and say the White man is exploiting us. We don't have to give them the promissory note in the first place. If we do, it is recipe for disaster. God help our homeland Ghana and save us from a few greedy bastards. Africa Must Unite.
satanic church 9 years ago

Traditional Satanism is not simply an inversion, but a complete rejection of the images of a
0244908520particular culture, religion, or philosophy. From there a Satanist uses those images against the ethos itself, that was ...
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Traditional Satanism is not simply an inversion, but a complete rejection of the images of a
0244908520particular culture, religion, or philosophy. From there a Satanist uses those images against the ethos itself, that was once his own conditioning. Persons who participate in traditional Satanic masses sometimes experience a king of 'sartori', a sudden enlightenment, to an increase in their own consciousness, and feeling stronger and satisfied because they had broken with the constraining opposites. In other words, at its highest level Satanism uncovers what the ethos of a particular community or society has covered up through images, dogma, words and ideas, returning the individual to the primal chaos out of which 'opposites' were created." ~ Magister Hagur, Temple of Atazoth Office
Apuu Eta 9 years ago

They did the same thing to colonize Ghana and they are doing the same trick again. What is wrong with Ghana? We have everything but these people keep on controlling every aspect of our lives. Aba.

They did the same thing to colonize Ghana and they are doing the same trick again. What is wrong with Ghana? We have everything but these people keep on controlling every aspect of our lives. Aba.
CITIZEN ONE 9 years ago

Sometimes comments here go to prove that we Africans/Ghanaians have low intelligence.

We have had control of our country for well over 50 years, and not only are we incapable of managing it, but we have destroyed all the d ...
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Sometimes comments here go to prove that we Africans/Ghanaians have low intelligence.

We have had control of our country for well over 50 years, and not only are we incapable of managing it, but we have destroyed all the dignity and infrastructure colonialists left us with. Now we are going to complain about people who help us more than we can ever help ourselves. America is the greatest country on earth. America does not need Ghana, but at least they can make some things work. Until we enforce laws and punish perpetrators not even America can solve our energy problems!!!
DR LAUGH 9 years ago

I have the same thoughts like you.
We have DESTROYED everything the British left behind. Remember TANGASSI people? They go round making sure people have hygienic surroundings. Where are they now?
At the least opportunity,w ...
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I have the same thoughts like you.
We have DESTROYED everything the British left behind. Remember TANGASSI people? They go round making sure people have hygienic surroundings. Where are they now?
At the least opportunity,we RUN AWAY and hide in Europe and North America, CHOP ADRO and live under WHITE MAN RULE. We could as well let them come and RULE US again. We CANNOT RULE OURSELVES.
CITIZEN ONE 9 years ago

Always think we know better than the erst of the world. We would be subhuman species had the west left us alone with our traditions and stupid Twi language!!!

Always think we know better than the erst of the world. We would be subhuman species had the west left us alone with our traditions and stupid Twi language!!!

RE 9 years ago

It is nonsense to say America does not need Ghana,why should they have ties with us? Why should they sniffe into our internal affairs if they don't need Ghana? We as Ghanaians don't see our nation as a great nation and try al ...
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It is nonsense to say America does not need Ghana,why should they have ties with us? Why should they sniffe into our internal affairs if they don't need Ghana? We as Ghanaians don't see our nation as a great nation and try always to minimize our own country to the lowest level, but Americans and other foreign countries see Ghana very powerful, that is why we see many foreigners in Ghana
Kwaku Broni 9 years ago

Your Excellency Ambassador Jackson you are truly a good man with good intentions. But why are you the " Good Samaritan" selling this ECG Distribution divestiture or concession as you describe it? Where is the Ghana Goverinmen ...
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Your Excellency Ambassador Jackson you are truly a good man with good intentions. But why are you the " Good Samaritan" selling this ECG Distribution divestiture or concession as you describe it? Where is the Ghana Goverinment in convincing their citizens that this project is a very good deal for them? The truth is they know a large portion of the electorate do not believe it is a good deal . Right or wrong! It is a bit false to assume the workers are holding the project at random. They are a proxy for a large section of the Ghanaian power consumers, especially the urban electorate . And where is the business community in Ghana who stand to benefit in better power distribution in selling this project? The are factors you may not understand. First is the dependency and big brother mindset of a large section of Ghanaians. They prefer a government entity as an employer and provider of services however inefficient than a private one. Second they did not see any appreciable difference in their lives from previous divestiture programs from Nkrumah GiHOC. A lot of workers lost their jobs. Forget that that industrial development model has collapsed in Russia, China and Eastern Europe where some of the current political elite were trained. There are a lot of Cuban mindset around. Listen to Kwesi Pratt , a so called independent Snr. Journalist on radio always referencing 5 and 7 year development plans of Nkrumah and how excited some have become with the revival of failed state enterprises. There is still a large segment of Ghanaians who believe you can get something for free especially if it is from the government. Free enterprise and surviving based on pulling your own bootstraps is not in the majority. So Chiefs beg for developments projects from politicians in their areas and gifts like SUVs during election years .
My suggestion is that MiDA push this project key decisions forward to 2017 after the elections. The rational mind see this project as good longer term but the timing for final decision may not be right.
Nkrumah said Ghansians would prefer to handle their own affairs than being serfs to foreigners in peace. The good intentions of your government and the American taxpayer notwithstanding , if Ghanaians choose to sleep in darkness, allow them that choice. Long live Ghana and Anerican peoples friendship !!!
Kojo 9 years ago

Typical American Aid, IMF and World Bank "conditionality". Sell your public assets e.g. ECG(real source of revenue from electricity bills for Ghana) to a private company or allow them to "manage" it. All the profits from ECG ...
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Typical American Aid, IMF and World Bank "conditionality". Sell your public assets e.g. ECG(real source of revenue from electricity bills for Ghana) to a private company or allow them to "manage" it. All the profits from ECG will be sent back to the country of the private company "managing" ECG. Ghana's current account will get worse because the money will be sent back in scarce forex eg. dollars. We then have to go back to the IMF to beg for a another bailout. This is the vicious cycle Ghana is in. Wake up Ghanaians. List ECG on the Ghana stock exchange for Ghanaians to buy so that the profits can stay in Ghana for our development.
ghanian at heart Rose 9 years ago

I absolutely agree with Ray
What does the US ambassador has to do with ECG? Can somebody explain that to me?It sure is Ghana's internal affairs... Somebody please...??????

I absolutely agree with Ray
What does the US ambassador has to do with ECG? Can somebody explain that to me?It sure is Ghana's internal affairs... Somebody please...??????
Abongo 9 years ago

Privatise ECG period

Privatise ECG period
Francis 9 years ago

ONE CLASSROOM ONE PROJECTOR, ONE SCHOOL ONE POWER GENERATING PLANT, ONE CLASS IN A SCHOOL UNDER TREES ONE TAPOLYNE TENT: Mahama should as well implement the following 3 policies: (A). ONE CLASSROOM ONE PROJ ...
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ONE CLASSROOM ONE PROJECTOR, ONE SCHOOL ONE POWER GENERATING PLANT, ONE CLASS IN A SCHOOL UNDER TREES ONE TAPOLYNE TENT: Mahama should as well implement the following 3 policies: (A). ONE CLASSROOM ONE PROJECTOR (B). ONE SCHOOL ONE POWER GENERATIING PLANT (C). ONE CLASS UNDER TREES ONE TAPOLYNE TENT. Obviously, the One Student One Tablet is a hoax. It is another opportunity for Mahama to enrich RG Electronics, his bosom friend Agambila's company. 1. They will double or even triple the prices of the tablets/ 2. Do we have electricity supply constant to warrant tablets use in schools? 3. Is Mahama and NDC going to provide One Classroom One Projector too? 4. Will the computer laboratories be used in the schools after students get the tablets? 5. Will the tablets be free or the students will pay for it? 6. Will teachers also be given the tablets? 6. Will Mahama provide EVERY class in schools under trees with Projectors too?
7. Will Mahama and NDC also provide EVERY JHS AND SHS with ONE Electricity Generating Plant too to provide electricity for teachers to use projectors (ONE CLASSROOM ONE PROJECTOR)as they try to implement their infeasible, create loot & share ONE STUDENT ONE TABLET policy? Mahama and NDC have no credible policies and programmes to move Ghana forward in educational and economic development. In the NDC manifesto highlights, there is NOTHING on boosting manufacturing industries and job creation.
CONCLUSION: This One Student One Tablet policy/mantra WILL NOT WORK in Ghana. Cape Coast University is attempting to implement it for their Distance Learning Programme WITHOUT SUCCESS. Their distance learning students still carry ALL their textbooks with them to Tutorial Sessions at their designated campuses. Mahama and HDC are JOKERS.
D K. Berchie Amankwah. 9 years ago

We as a nation must be serious and vry smart not to buy that nonsense of privitalization of E.C.G.why?bcos Dr. Nkrumah was a smart leader who always thought about the future of his people, today what do we hv as Ghanaians soc ...
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We as a nation must be serious and vry smart not to buy that nonsense of privitalization of E.C.G.why?bcos Dr. Nkrumah was a smart leader who always thought about the future of his people, today what do we hv as Ghanaians society?youth unemployment,corruption economic crises bussiness closing down, N.H.I.S. down,workers allowance down and finally we are talking about privatized state own institutions? I bet vry soon we as a Ghanaians society are going to privatized our bedrooms sooner or later,this shows how stupid our leaders can be bcos we hv a mentality of retrogress,we can't do anything no brain's mentality.that alone is enough for out siders takes advantage of nation?Our leaders hv to tell us tnx
Abeeku Mensah 9 years ago

While I'll be the read off and recount some of the things that makes the USA great, the one thing I caution the current US Ambassador on is to stay clear of Ghana politics.

Pardon me to give Ambassador Jackson a few histor ...
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While I'll be the read off and recount some of the things that makes the USA great, the one thing I caution the current US Ambassador on is to stay clear of Ghana politics.

Pardon me to give Ambassador Jackson a few historical, moral or principled lessons. It was with the help of the US government via the CIA NPP's forefathers overthrew the legitimate government of Kwame Nkrumah; America did not stay around to pump US$1 or 2 billion into the Ghana economy to shore it up or stabilize the chaos they help bring about in Ghana. The same US that could not and did not put money into African nations they helped destroy politically have pumped trillions of US dollars to stabilize Afghanistan, Iraq and others just as long as those nations are not black nations. History cannot repeat itself with people who learn from past mistakes. Ghana's electricity production and distribution did not have to get to this messy level for the US government or a US-based outfit to buy it since it was and is the US government who helped destroy Ghana in 1966.
John 9 years ago

Please are we Ghanaians happy wth the ECG? We are smart enough to know that the workers who want the status-quo are the very corrupt officials who have drained the Company dry. No! ECG needs to be ran efficiently; we need e ...
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Please are we Ghanaians happy wth the ECG? We are smart enough to know that the workers who want the status-quo are the very corrupt officials who have drained the Company dry. No! ECG needs to be ran efficiently; we need electricity to develop. It's nonsense to talk about nationalism while you grope in darkness. Enough is enough of this mismanagement and corruption of ECG, When Ghana they wanted to privatize Ghana telecom, the same complaints were raised. See the expansion and jobs the company has now given to Ghanaian. At least the state is spared of the siphoning of money; it is paid taxes. The same must be done for ECG
VeeX 9 years ago

John: you obviously don't know what you are talking about....do you know how much the government owe ECG?
Who give away his or her national asset away for free?
Do you know that concessionaire's rules and regulations will ...
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John: you obviously don't know what you are talking about....do you know how much the government owe ECG?
Who give away his or her national asset away for free?
Do you know that concessionaire's rules and regulations will supercede that of the land of our dear nation, Ghana?
Its a shame

OPNINPA 9 years ago

What the US ambassador says is good for Ghana must be viewed with scepticism by well-meaning Ghanaians. The US Amcassador represents the interest of big business not the interest of Ghana. The textbook economists may agree wi ...
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What the US ambassador says is good for Ghana must be viewed with scepticism by well-meaning Ghanaians. The US Amcassador represents the interest of big business not the interest of Ghana. The textbook economists may agree with him but the workers who will bear the brunt of any hardships know better. They must oppose the ambassador and for for Ghana's interest.
say it loud 9 years ago

Give ECG to Dr Paa kwesi Ndoum or to Despite Group of Coy to manage.There shall be no regrets

Give ECG to Dr Paa kwesi Ndoum or to Despite Group of Coy to manage.There shall be no regrets
yaw 9 years ago

is only 500.m for 25years,how u think for Ghana,u wont rob us to the bone why.i dont blame u.

is only 500.m for 25years,how u think for Ghana,u wont rob us to the bone why.i dont blame u.
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Kobi 9 years ago

Ask this stupid America ambassador that who manages America power sector. We will resist every action, President mahama will be ex President after December 7, Nana Addo will come, and you people runaway one times

Ask this stupid America ambassador that who manages America power sector. We will resist every action, President mahama will be ex President after December 7, Nana Addo will come, and you people runaway one times
abish 9 years ago

What is he , the US ambassador in the country's private sector and politics?

What is he , the US ambassador in the country's private sector and politics?
maccoy 9 years ago

Privatising ECG is a clear enslavement nd should not be encouraged at all.....Americans dont want the progress of
Africa...The main issue is Government owes ECG about $500 million dollars and if debts are paid w ...
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Privatising ECG is a clear enslavement nd should not be encouraged at all.....Americans dont want the progress of
Africa...The main issue is Government owes ECG about $500 million dollars and if debts are paid will help ECG to operate efficiently and $350 million by concessionaire wont be needed at all...and
also removal of incompetent senior staffs of ECG appointed by government...ECG should not be included in politics at all..Government must pay its debt for efficient running of ECG instead of privatisation of national asset worth $4.8 billion dollars for 25 years...The private entity is just in to make profit trust me and after 25years asset will be obsollete.

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