ECG’s missing containers: 40 retrieved from an Indian man – Energy Minister

• Posted on March 28, 2025
• by Nana Kwesi Coomson
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Minster for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has disclosed that 40 of the over 1300 missing ECG containers have been retrieved after they were traced to an Indian man.

An investigative report on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) uncovered that more than 1,300 containers, which were meant to be cleared at the Tema Port, were unaccounted for.

According to Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah, chairman of the investigative committee, ECG initially claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment. However, an independent audit at the port found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,347 missing.

Speaking in an interview on TV3’s News Central, Thursday, March 27, the Minister said a foreign national, an Indian man has been arrested after national security operatives picked intelligence that he was in possession of 40 of the missing containers which he had kept at a warehouse in Kpone.

John Jinapor revealed that upon interrogation, the Indian claimed that the 40 containers were sold to him last year.

Minster for Energy and Green Transition, John Jinapor has disclosed that 40 of the over 1300 missing ECG containers have been retrieved after they were traced to an Indian man.

An investigative report on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) uncovered that more than 1,300 containers, which were meant to be cleared at the Tema Port, were unaccounted for.

According to Prof. Innocent Senyo Acquah, chairman of the investigative committee, ECG initially claimed to have 2,491 uncleared containers filled with cables and other essential equipment. However, an independent audit at the port found only 1,134 containers, leaving 1,347 missing.

Speaking in an interview on TV3’s News Central, Thursday, March 27, the Minister said a foreign national, an Indian man has been arrested after national security operatives picked intelligence that he was in possession of 40 of the missing containers which he had kept at a warehouse in Kpone.

John Jinapor revealed that upon interrogation, the Indian claimed that the 40 containers were sold to him last year.

“The man indicates that those containers were sold to him last year and so that’s a matter of investigation that law enforcement agencies would ensure that the law takes its course.

“There are also reports of some other areas that they are picking intelligence, they will trace and retrieve all of them and fish out the perpetrators before the court of competent jurisdiction,” he stated.

John Jinapor cautioned that “let me just say that when we start prosecuting these people let no one say that this is witch-hunting. These are properties of the state, and we will use every legitimate means to ensure that we retrieve them.”

The findings of the investigation were presented to the Minister of Energy and Green Transition, John Abdulai Jinapor, on March 26 who described the situation as alarming.

He assured that a full-scale investigation, involving the Attorney-General and the Police, would be conducted to track down the missing containers or recover their monetary value.