My life and those of my children are at risk because of my job – ECG Managing Director

Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, recently shared his profound worries regarding how his professional duties affect the safety and welfare of his family.

During an interview on JoyNews’ PM Express, Mr. Mahama, who has led ECG, highlighted the challenges he encounters in balancing the demands of his high-ranking role.

“Doing this job is not the easiest thing, your life is being threatened, and to put the lives of your children and family in limbo it’s not fair. And these are things that have been happening to me,” Mahama revealed during the interview.

The Managing Director went on to say that when he or the power distribution company are the target of unfounded accusations, it usually makes matters worse.

He urged the public to verify facts before making accusations, stating, “… it is always when people are complaining that somebody has taken an amount of money or something has been moved, it is not fair. Get the facts right.”

Mr. Mahama expressed his frustration and emphasized the need of responsible reporting while pointing out the nation’s growing trend of disseminating false information.

“We’re getting to a point in this country, where waking up in the morning and brandishing things that are not true is the order of the day, and that is not fair,”he stated.

He is frustrated because the nation is currently experiencing frequent power outages. Ghanaians have requested that ECG release a schedule of power outages so that everyone is aware that the “dumsor”—power outages—has returned.

In the meantime, Mr. Mahama has promised that the problems that caused the most recent power outages have been fixed, so the sporadic blackouts will end.