IMF-backed reforms must tackle Ghana’s long-running energy crisis – Prof. Bokpin warns

Bokpin also pointed to Ghana’s previous experience with private-sector participation in electricity distribution as an important source of lessons for the current reform process.

Godfred Bokpin, has called for greater transparency, broader consultation and a clearly defined role for private-sector participation in Ghana’s electricity distribution sector.

Bokpin said many of the problems currently confronting the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), including high distribution losses, weak revenue collection, outstanding obligations to power producers and the financial burden placed on the state, pre-date Ghana’s current IMF-supported programme.