ECG container probe: 283 containers yet to be traced – Deputy Energy Minister

Deputy Energy Minister Richard Gyan-Mensah says about 2,000 containers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), which were reported to have remained uncleared at the ports, have been retrieved, while efforts continue to locate another 283.

He said a committee investigating the matter was working to trace the outstanding containers, with an official report expected by the end of October 2026.

Mr Gyan-Mensah disclosed this when he appeared before Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee on Friday, October 16, to respond to concerns raised over 2,760 ECG containers cited in the Auditor-General’s report as having remained uncleared at the ports.

He explained that the containers retrieved so far had been moved to the Ministry of Energy and ECG warehouses for safekeeping.

“This matter was referred to the Ministry, and it’s been handled by the Ministry. As we speak, about 2,000 of the containers have been evacuated and then kept with the Ministry of Energy, some with the ECG warehouse, which we’ll send for them,” he said.

According to the Deputy Minister, locating the remaining containers has proved challenging because they are believed to be scattered across different terminals. The process requires checks against port records and customs documentation.

He said the retrieval exercise initially recorded significant progress, with the team managing to evacuate nearly 50 containers in a day on some occasions.

However, the pace has since slowed, with the team sometimes retrieving only two containers in a day or none over an entire week.

Mr Gyan-Mensah said the committee includes representatives from the ports, security agencies, ECG, the Ministry of Finance and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA).

The committee meets every Monday to assess progress and determine how best to locate and retrieve the outstanding containers.

He said the Ministry had not yet completed its official report but expected it to be ready by the end of October, detailing the containers recovered and those that remain unaccounted for.

“When we are done and it comes out officially that these numbers are not identified or we’re not able to retrieve them, the report to come out,” he said.

He added that port authorities were also reviewing their records to help establish the whereabouts of the containers that investigators have so far been unable to trace.

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