Ashanti Regional Minister alleges sabotage in electricity supply

The Minister believes that some individuals had tampered with screws holding the metal frames of eight pylons, adding that these pylons could have fallen and plunged the entire region into darkness.

“One of the other reasons I decided that no, they would have to write statements.

“I can tell you, except for people who have deep professional knowledge in electricity, that can do that and all these eight pylons fell

ECG staff have since demanded that the minister apologise and withdraw a police case against their manager.

However, the minister has refused, insisting that he was only performing his duty.

On the back of this, the Minister clarified that he extended the invitation to the ECG because of the alleged sabotage, so his outfit and the power distributor can find a way to resolve the matter.

The Minister also alleges that the volume of power allocated to the region often comes in a shortfall, which frequently causes erratic power supply in the region.