Sell ECG, Then TOR And Ghana Railways

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LONTO-BOY 11 years ago

OKATAKYIE SARPONG, given the country's energy crisis and the impact on homes and businesses, the incompetent hand of the State, the inefficient and corrupt management of the ECG, there is a good case to privatise the ECG. Cur ...
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OKATAKYIE SARPONG, given the country's energy crisis and the impact on homes and businesses, the incompetent hand of the State, the inefficient and corrupt management of the ECG, there is a good case to privatise the ECG. Currently, the ECG, TOR and Ghana Railways and other State-owned industries and utilities' essential services are being delivered inefficiently, and have become financial burden on the State. Privatising the ECG will be the right thing to do.
Kwadwo 11 years ago

Given the bloated ECG manpower along with the other issues you raised, ECG should be privatized. However, we should make sure that we get Value for the sale unlike those state enterprises Rawlings sold to his family and cron ...
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Given the bloated ECG manpower along with the other issues you raised, ECG should be privatized. However, we should make sure that we get Value for the sale unlike those state enterprises Rawlings sold to his family and cronies.
Kojo T 11 years ago

If locals can buy then we are OK else that will be economic colonization After 60 yrs we can run our enterprises and sell to foreigners. Sure sell to foreigners andown nothing . Shame o Ghanaians who must ook outside for ever ...
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If locals can buy then we are OK else that will be economic colonization After 60 yrs we can run our enterprises and sell to foreigners. Sure sell to foreigners andown nothing . Shame o Ghanaians who must ook outside for everything . So 6500 cameto 2300a decrease of 4200 and then we shout UNEMPLOYMENT, Good thinking Sarpong Where are the PATRIOT as we steal from purselves. Let us sell Ghana as a whole
GIRLS SP 11 years ago

Author: Kojo T
Date: 2014-12-02 07:47:17
Comment to: THERE'S A GOOD CASE TO PRIVATISE ECG

If locals can buy then we are OK else that will be economic colonization After 60 yrs we can run our enterprises and sell to forei ...
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Author: Kojo T
Date: 2014-12-02 07:47:17
Comment to: THERE'S A GOOD CASE TO PRIVATISE ECG

If locals can buy then we are OK else that will be economic colonization After 60 yrs we can run our enterprises and sell to foreigners. Sure sell to foreigners andown nothing . Shame o Ghanaians who must ook outside for everything . So 6500 cameto 2300a decrease of 4200 and then we shout UNEMPLOYMENT, Good thinking Sarpong Where are the PATRIOT as we steal from purselves. Let us sell Ghana as a whole.

Kojo T, your comment is an omen that you did not understand the point Sarpong is making apart from the fact that you can't express youself well in the english language.
Kojo T 11 years ago

I was being sarcastic. Sarpong did not think of the implications. Multiply 4200 by 10 and there are 42000 people with no income . That is what Sarpong wants .We need to strive for EFFICENCY , not selling our productive units ...
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I was being sarcastic. Sarpong did not think of the implications. Multiply 4200 by 10 and there are 42000 people with no income . That is what Sarpong wants .We need to strive for EFFICENCY , not selling our productive units to foreighners
SARPONG 11 years ago

I don't even think you understand the meaning of the word 'EFFICIENCY' because efficiency is exactly what Vodafone did by knowing that those 4200 workers were not productive. They have more workers than they need to operate ...
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I don't even think you understand the meaning of the word 'EFFICIENCY' because efficiency is exactly what Vodafone did by knowing that those 4200 workers were not productive. They have more workers than they need to operate that company.

You needto study your basic economics.
Susuka 11 years ago

As an an apostle of the 'Sell Ghana' crusade you stated an opinion in your article that said, "Vodafone bought GT with 6500 workers and immediately trimmed the workforce to 2300, getting rid of the uneeded and ghost workers a ...
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As an an apostle of the 'Sell Ghana' crusade you stated an opinion in your article that said, "Vodafone bought GT with 6500 workers and immediately trimmed the workforce to 2300, getting rid of the uneeded and ghost workers and turned a company that was losing 50 million a year to a profitable company."

I dont know why those of you who always cite the sale of Vodafone as a successful case of privatization always shy away from coming out with the true financial status or success of that company.

You confidently quote the number of employees that were retrenched and so on and so forth but somehow in a very unprincipled manner, you are incapable of defining exactly what the success of Vodafonwe is. Why? You said it and I want to know before you convince me that that sale was worthwhile.

Meanwhile, I am one of the many a sad users of Vodafone whose number of subscribers has continued to progressively dwindle because their services are simply not good enough as compared to other Telcos. Can you imagine a Telecom company breaking down for a whole couple of days in this day and age? Not even poor old Ghana Telecom could have outdone this level of incompetence by this multi-national operator.
SARPONG 11 years ago

Do you know how the Telcos came about? The opening of the telecommunication market due to the sale of Ghana Telecom that had monopoly over the telecommunication sector gave you the choice you have in Ghana now.

If you thin ...
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Do you know how the Telcos came about? The opening of the telecommunication market due to the sale of Ghana Telecom that had monopoly over the telecommunication sector gave you the choice you have in Ghana now.

If you think Vodafone is not providing you with the service you need, you can switch to the other companies which you did not have when Ghana Telecom was bad but you did not have any other choice and if by this example if you don't know what SUCCESS is, then I can't help you.

You might not like Vodafone but others do and that is why it is making profit the past four years averaging close to 20 million dollars unlike the GT that was losing 50 million a year. Somebody might be using their product for them to be making money and the fact that you don't like them does not mean they are providing inferior service, at least, the sale of GT have given you a choice.

Electricity even in USA have become cheaper due to the deregulation of the Energy sector that have seen the spring up of hundreds of energy providing companies. Monopoly is not good and the earlier we sell ECG, the better.
SARPONG 11 years ago

What an illiterate fool. For the sake of addressing our unemployment problem, according to your stupid thinking, we should employ people when they are not needed?

This is typical of these socialist fools. They believe ever ...
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What an illiterate fool. For the sake of addressing our unemployment problem, according to your stupid thinking, we should employ people when they are not needed?

This is typical of these socialist fools. They believe everybody should be employed and that brought the downfall of that system. When Soviet Union broke up, it came out that all the government companies on average were employing four people for jobs meant for one person. The same phenomena existed in East Germany.

China has the same problem before it converted its economy to capitalism.

We saw that in Nkrumah companies, state farms, workers brigade, etc
Kojo T 11 years ago

Free SHS, free uniforms, free shoes, free health care and all enterprises in alien hands .That is independence. Because Sarpong and his ilk CANNOT manage anything .That is why Kojo T is a moron

Free SHS, free uniforms, free shoes, free health care and all enterprises in alien hands .That is independence. Because Sarpong and his ilk CANNOT manage anything .That is why Kojo T is a moron

SARPONG 11 years ago

I guess Rawlings is my ilk, huh? Didn't your trokosi brother sell more than 300 Ghana industries including Blackstar lines, Ashanti goldfields, Ghana Commercial Bank, Ghana Telecom and gave Aboadze Glass factory and others to ...
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I guess Rawlings is my ilk, huh? Didn't your trokosi brother sell more than 300 Ghana industries including Blackstar lines, Ashanti goldfields, Ghana Commercial Bank, Ghana Telecom and gave Aboadze Glass factory and others to his Togolese Cousins?

You need to go and have a brain transplant, unfortunately that technology is not available now but I will put you on the list of people who needs one, OK?
Akwele 11 years ago

I agree that ECG should be privatized. This will help eliminate or cut to a minimum the 'dumsor' practices and provide better outcomes for all.

I agree that ECG should be privatized. This will help eliminate or cut to a minimum the 'dumsor' practices and provide better outcomes for all.
Wofa Yaw 11 years ago

I do agree with you totally. Government has no business operating industries. Russia and China found out the hard way and have joined the capitalism bandwagon.

I do agree with you totally. Government has no business operating industries. Russia and China found out the hard way and have joined the capitalism bandwagon.
Adwoa Henewah 11 years ago

I just don't understand why nobody talks about illegal connections as the root cause of our power problems. A recent survey showed that over 50% of electricity consumers are connected illegally, most Lebanese households and f ...
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I just don't understand why nobody talks about illegal connections as the root cause of our power problems. A recent survey showed that over 50% of electricity consumers are connected illegally, most Lebanese households and factories are connected illegally.

Now, because most people don't pay for electricity they leave all their appliances on i.e. TV, fridges, freezers etc. how can the govt only focus on generating more power as the ONLY solution? Simple devices can detect all illegal connections and culprits persecuted, also if everybody is made to pay, they will use electricity efficiently and there will be enough to go around without shedding load.

No serious country will have its govt operating its utility services especially electricity. If ECG was a private company, it could easily solve these inefficiencies.

We all know the root cause of the problem but it's like a country of thieves with a code of silence, nobody wants to talk about it lest they lose their own illegal 'privilege' yet we scream about dumsor dumsor.
SARPONG 11 years ago

Adwoa, where have you been hiding? You can't keep such intelligent comments to yourself without sharing them. Hope to see more of you here in the forum. We can learn more from you.

Adwoa, where have you been hiding? You can't keep such intelligent comments to yourself without sharing them. Hope to see more of you here in the forum. We can learn more from you.
peace 11 years ago

ecg contribution to the energy crisis is enormous. corruption is their hallmark. part of their operations will definetely go private. this will serve a lesson to the other power operatives.
most ghanaians want work but as so ...
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ecg contribution to the energy crisis is enormous. corruption is their hallmark. part of their operations will definetely go private. this will serve a lesson to the other power operatives.
most ghanaians want work but as soon as they employed then they become kings and queens in the organisation that now pays them monthly salaries
Georgee 11 years ago

There will be big trouble in Ghana when TOR is sold or an attempt is made towards that.

There will be big trouble in Ghana when TOR is sold or an attempt is made towards that.
Ben Q 11 years ago

Why?

Why?
JAMREAH 11 years ago

EVERY DEVELOPED ECONOMY IS BASED ON PRIVATE COMPANIES.NO GOVT HAS TIME FOR ALL THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THEIR COUNTRIES.EXAMPLES ARE POST-SECONDARY, TERTIARY, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS ARE HANDLED BY PRIVA ...
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EVERY DEVELOPED ECONOMY IS BASED ON PRIVATE COMPANIES.NO GOVT HAS TIME FOR ALL THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES IN THEIR COUNTRIES.EXAMPLES ARE POST-SECONDARY, TERTIARY, VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL INSTITUTIONS ARE HANDLED BY PRIVATE BODIES WHICH ARE ONLY MONITORED BY THE GOVT.THEY DO NOT HAVE NURSES AND TEACHER TRAINING COLLEGES WITH DORMITORIES,BUSES ETC. THE STUDENTS GO FOR STUDENT LOANS AND THEY ATTEND THE PRIVATE COLLEGES.NO GOVT CARRIES THE BURDEN OF SECURITY BARRACKS, STAFF QUARTERS ETC. THE BUDGET IS NOT FOR HOUSING, CARS ETC.LET OUR MINISTER FOR FINANCE AND THE MPS GO TO LEARN FROM THE UK, USA CANADA AND GERMANY SYSTEMS. GOVT SHOULD SELL ALL THE OTHER UTILITY FACILITIES.WE MUST CONCENTRATE ON QUALITY HEALTH,EDUCATION AND SECURITY OF THE PEOPLE.GOVT MUST BRING IN BIG CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TO BE FUNDED BY INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES.WE NEED JOBS AND NOT TEMPORARY AND PEANUT WAGES.
Ben Q 11 years ago

The answer is partnership

The answer is partnership

Ampa 11 years ago

We are all for improved services.
However,let the offer of sale first be thrown at Ghanaian or African formed consortiums first to protect the ownership of sensitive sectors to the sons of the soil.

If you don't get this ...
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We are all for improved services.
However,let the offer of sale first be thrown at Ghanaian or African formed consortiums first to protect the ownership of sensitive sectors to the sons of the soil.

If you don't get this then I'm afraid you are a victim of self hate.
bee lee 11 years ago

watch OPM .other peoples money by danny devito n u will understand.

watch OPM .other peoples money by danny devito n u will understand.
Nana Akyea Mensah, The Odikro. 11 years ago

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN_ZEl6-he4

/www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN_ZEl6-he4
Gaba 11 years ago

Let's get serious .

Let's get serious .

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