General News of Wednesday, 24 August 2016Source: Starrfmonline.comECG staff threaten nationwide blackout over concession movesFile photoWorkers of the Electricity of Company are threatening a nationwide blackout on Friday as part of their protest against moves by government to privatise the company. The workers who have begun a daily 3-hour boycott at the various ECG offices across the country are resolute not to allow government give out the company on a 25-year concession arrangement. According 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 want the general public to be aware of what is going on. Because if the government goes ahead to involve private participation in ECG, we will be paying very high bills,” Mr. Norvixoxo explained.

Source: GhanaWeb August 24, 2016 11:37 UTC