The Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah has turned a deaf ear to calls by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Workers’ Union to apologize to one of their managers he made police to arrest.
At a press conference in Kumasi on Thursday, the Minister revealed that there were agreements in place between the ECG and the Kumasi Technical University to address the University’s outstanding debts. He said since Mark Asomani Wiafe flouted the agreement, he caused the Police to arrest him based on security concerns.
“Do I have to apologize for doing my security work? What I want to tell you is that I asked the police to invite Ing Mark Asomani Wiafe on security grounds because of the happenings in the electricity sector in the region and the fact that a task force can always come from outside to disconnect without the proper information,” he argued.
“What is ironic is that they tell me that they are not under me and for that matter, I cannot tell them what to do but they want to tell me how to execute my security responsibilities as enshrined in the Securities and Intelligence Act of 2020, Act 10(30),” he explained.
Also, the minister alleged that ECG had been overcharging him for electricity at his residence. He denied owing the power distribution company. Simon Osei-Mensah added that the ECG does not listen security advice to maintain uninterrupted power supply at the residences of the President and his Vice when they are in the Ashanti Region.
