Former Board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has responded to recent remarks made by Dr Charles Wereko-Brobbey, a former Chief Executive of the Volta River Authority (VRA), who sought to link him to ECG's financial challenges in 2023 and early 2024.

In a statement issued on July 6, 2025, Afenyo-Markin described Dr Wereko-Brobbey's comments as "misleading, inaccurate, and regrettable." He has thus called for national dialogue on structural reforms in the energy sector rather than partisan blame games.

He explained that he was not ECG Board Chairman in 2023 as claimed by Dr Wereko-Brobbey but rather he was appointed on July 16, 2024, and officially sworn in the following day and his tenure lasted approximately six months, ending in January 2025. "It is, therefore, misleading and factually inaccurate to attribute ECG's financial challenges in 2023 or early 2024 to my leadership," he said.

Highlighting his contributions during his brief tenure, Afenyo-Markin revealed that one of his first actions as Board Chair was to overhaul ECG's procurement and contract management processes, which he described as outdated and vulnerable to abuse.