MP for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor
The Member of Parliament (MP) for South Dayi, Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, has condemned the recent theft and illegal sale of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cables.
He has called for severe legal action against all individuals involved in the theft, sale, and melting of ECG cables.
In a post shared on X on March 30, 2025, Dafeamekpor stated, “This ECG Cable Stealing-Selling-Smelting Syndicate must be locked away for a long time.”
He also explained that the state allocates huge funds to purchase electricity cables, yet due to bureaucratic inefficiencies, some officials fail to collect the materials from the ports.
He added that instead of being used for their intended purpose, these valuable cables end up in the hands of criminals.
“The State buys electricity cables and pays for them. However, officials purchase these cables and don’t collect them from the port, so the cables remain unused. Yet somehow, a syndicate is able to collect these cables, stored in thousands of 40ft shipping containers, and sell them to aluminium smelting companies.
“The owners of these aluminium smelting companies know that these stolen cables belong to ECG, yet they buy them ‘bortorloo’ from the syndicate, melt them into aluminium bars, and export them for great illicit profit,” he added.
Dafeamekpor also pointed out the irony in the situation, noting that the same smelting companies that profit from the stolen cables use electricity supplied by ECG to power their factories.
“What’s tragic is that these smelting companies use electricity transported by these very same cables to power their factories for the smelting of the stolen ECG cables.
“This evil cycle and its actors must end today,” he emphasised.
Read post below:
This ECG Cable Stealing-Selling-Smelting Syndicate must be locked away for a long time.
The State buys Electricity Cables & Pays for them. The Officials purchase these Cables don’t collect them from the Port so the cables don’t get utilized.
Yet somehow, a Syndicate is able… pic.twitter.com/o4mxBc7Sic
— Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, Esq. MP. (@etsedafeamekpor) March 30, 2025
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