Samuel Dubik Mahama, the managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana, has denied claims that his organization was outsourcing its payment system to a private third-party business.
This comes after John Jinapor, the ranking member on the parliament’s mines and energy committee, claimed that Hubtel Company Limited had been offered the chance to take over the ECG’s payment system.
The ECG app, which was created locally by ECG personnel, is being attempted to be transferred to a business called Hubtel.
Officials from Hubtel are allegedly attempting to connect their system to the app at ECG right now, according to the legislator.
“I’m even told that Hubtel is proposing to charge 4 percent commission. So, there is a lot of internal upheaval among some ECG staff,” he indicated.
But Samuel Mahama speaking with journalists on the matter said, “ECG doesn’t have a contract with anybody called Hubtel. So, ECG has a proof of concept understanding with Hubtel and ECG hasn’t agreed on any percentages with Hubtel,”
“It is quite sad that in this day when we have the Right to Information [Law], where you can get access to information when you hear gossip, you choose to run with gossip,” the ECG boss added.
Meanwhile, the ECG has come under intense pressure over the inability of customers across the country to purchase pre-paid power from their various vending points.
The situation which has been described as a technical glitch affected many businesses, households and institutions that rely on ECG’s power distribution system.
In the wake of this, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) directed ECG to pay due compensation to customers who were significantly impacted by the recent glitch in its prepaid vending system.
The compensation is expected to cover the period between October 1 to 7, 2022