Workers of the Electricity of Company of Ghana (ECG) have threatened a nationwide blackout on Friday as part of their protest against moves by government to privatise the company.
The workers have vowed to plunge the entire country into darkness on Friday should government go ahead to launch the 25-year concession arrangement.
This was made known by the Volta Regional Chairman of the ECG Senior Staff Association, Stephen Norvixoxo, in an interview on Starr FM.
According to him, the planned outage is to get the general public support their cause since the move by government will be detrimental to the country.
“We understand the government will be launching the private sector participation tomorrow and if they go ahead, then Friday we will put off the entire country to prove to the government that we are capable.
“We want the general public to be aware of what is going on. For all this while, we have been expecting the public to speak on the issue. Because if the government goes ahead to involve private participation in ECG, we will be paying very high bills,” Mr. Norvixoxo explained.
The ECG workers on Tuesday began a three-day, 3-hourly demonstration across the country.
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