President Akufo-Addo has appointed Deputy Minister for Energy, Herbert Krapa as the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
This appointment comes after Keli Gadzekpo, the board chairman of the power supply company since 2017 resigned from his position on Tuesday, 26 March 2024 for personal reasons.
Herbert Krapa will double as the deputy minister for energy and the board chairman for the national electricity company.
According to Assaseonline.com, Krapa is expected to lead the board to give not only direction to the besieged Managing Director of ECG and his team but to also ensure proper coordination across agencies in the power sector to ensure stable power supply to Ghanaian consumers.
However, Asaase News sources revealed that President Akufo-Addo has been “extremely unhappy” with the recent power situation and what appears to be tension between the ECG and the Ministry of Energy, ECG and other critical agencies including GRIDCO, Volta River Authority (VRA), and to an extent, Ghana Gas, over the power situation in the country.
