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The Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) has contracted two companies to solve the low voltage and reduce the power outages experienced by an estimated 397,950 customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in parts of Accra and the Eastern Region.
The two companies, the Power Factor Limited and the Best and Crompton Ghana Limited, signed separate contracts with MiDA for work to commence on the Low Voltage Network Improvement project.
The project, referred to also as the LV Bifurcation Project, will result in the upgrade of the ECG’s low voltage (LV) network in the company’s Kwabenya, Dansoman and Kaneshie districts.
Amidst governing the country in an unusual year due to the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his government sparked controversies with various issues concerning governance.
Pulse.com.gh as the year comes to an end, looks at scandals that happened in 2020 under the government of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Agyapa Royalties deal
The controversy over the Agyapa Royalties deal started on August 14, 2020, when the Majority Members of Parliament secured the numbers to pass the agreement.
Although, the Minority staged a walked out over the deal but it was finally passed.
The government in July 2020 introduced an amendment to the Act to ensure that the SPVs that the Fund would establish to manage investments get unrestricted independence.
BSP projects: Pokuase 87% done, Kasoa’s on course
Two power projects under the aegis of the Millennium Development Authority (MiDA) and the Ghana Power Compact, are progressing steadily, thanks to efforts by the stakeholders to ensure the projects are completed on schedule. Contractors working on the $50million Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) project say that project is now 87 per cent done. The new sub-station which when completed will house control buildings of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) and the Ghana Grid Company ( GRIDCO) is set to commence power supply to Pokuase and its environs by May 2021. Some 350,000 existing customers of the ECG will benefit from the Pokuase Bulk BSP project upon completion.