ECG’s missing containers: Energy Minister bemoans involvement of foreign nationals

Energy Minister John Abdulai Jinapor has disclosed that the illegal sale of ECG containers is being largely driven by foreign nationals, including Chinese, Indian, and Benin business operators.

During an investigative tour of warehouses where the contents of the containers have been kept, the Minister found that stolen ECG cables were being sold to foreign-owned aluminium smelting factories. He noted that most of the workers in these factories are not Ghanaians.

“Almost all the workers were Beninois. I have a feeling they didn’t want Ghanaians to be part of the factory. Maybe they would leak information or something,” he observed.

According to the Minister, these illegal operations involve various nationalities.

“There were some Indians too in one of the warehouses. And Ghanaians. And then we went to some of the other warehouses. Almost all the workers were Beninese. And one of the Chinese factories we went to, almost all the workers are from Benin. And that was very striking,” Jinapor stated.

The involvement of foreign nationals in the ECG container theft scandal has raised serious concerns about national security and Ghana’s control over its resources.

Jinapor assured Ghanaians that the security agencies are intensifying their investigations, with some foreign suspects already in custody.

“Two companies, the foreign nationals, who are the owners, have been arrested, and so the security agencies are pursuing them,” he disclosed.

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