Afenyo-Markin in hot water over ECG board role

A former Board Chairman of the Volta River Authority (VRA), Dr. Charles Wereko-Brobby, has called on the Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamina Afenyo-Markin, to account for his time as Board Chairman of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), especially in light of the losses incurred during his tenure.

Speaking on TV3 on July 3, 2025, Dr. Wereko-Brobby said Afenyo-Markin must take responsibility before criticising the government over the implementation of the GH¢1 fuel levy.

“The only thing I’ll ask the Minority Leader is that he should account for his stewardship of ECG in 2023, 2024. If he is able to account for the huge losses that ECG incurred under his stewardship, we may begin to listen to him,” he stated.

Dr. Wereko-Brobby criticised the failure of ECG’s former management to address key issues, arguing that their mismanagement contributed significantly to the institution’s current financial troubles. He insisted that the resulting debt should not be passed on to consumers through increased tariffs.

“The irresponsible management of ECG, which have brought in tremendous debts over the last two years of 2023 and 2024, that mismanagement should not be charged to the tariffs, but it should be charged to those who are responsible for mismanaging ECG and superintending over ECG over the last two years. We know who were superintending over ECG who are now pretending to let us know what the right thing is to do. If you want to know who superintended over ECG, I think you better go and find out,” he said.

He also took aim at the Minority Caucus in Parliament, telling them to “shut up” for failing to hold their own accountable when in government. He accused them of now trying to claim credit for the current administration’s efforts.

“The Minority in Parliament should shut up because the problems we are facing are largely due to the Minority’s failure to act or act irresponsibly when they were in government.

“All that is happening in Parliament is an attempt to try and really instigate election 2024 and try to give the impression that everything that is being done successfully under Mahama either started from NPP or was due to some things that we are not convinced about,” he added.

The GH¢1 levy on every litre of petroleum products is scheduled to take effect on July 16, 2025.