The Ranking Member on the Energy Committee of Parliament, John Abdulai Jinapor has alleged that the resignation of Samuel Dubik Mahama as Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), was linked to a dispute over fuel procurement for power generation within the energy sector.
It came out on Wednesday that Samuel Dubik Mahama had resigned as ECG MD citing personal reasons and thanked the board for the working relationship and the opportunities, leading ECG offered him.
Speaking on the television programme, Good Morning Ghana on Metro TV on Thursday morning [Sept 26, 2024], Mr Jinapor claimed that Mr Dubik Mahama's resistance to efforts to bypass the cash waterfall mechanism played a significant role in his decision to step down.
Jinapor claimed that the ongoing procurement of light crude oil for power generation, which costs Ghana around $40 million per month, has caused growing tensions.