ECG MD wins award

Page 3: June 11, 2008.
Story: Albert K. Salia
THE Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Jude Osafo Adu-Amankwah, has won the African Utility Conference (AUC) 2008 Chief Executive of the Year Award.
He was given the award in Cape Town, South Africa at the just-ended AUC, a union of utility agencies providing water, gas and electricity in Africa.
An elated Mr Adu-Amankwah told the Daily Graphic that he was dedicating the award to all the staff of the ECG for their commitment and hard work in the midst of the challenges confronting the company.
He said to have come up tops among other chief executives on the continent was an honour that everyone should be proud of.
He urged the staff to continue to work hard to serve the company’s customers better.
A citation accompanying the award noted in particular the tenacity and courage with which Mr Adu-Amankwah handled the energy shortfall in 2007.
It said from an overly centralised system of material distribution, the current management had created and operated a district level stores system which had facilitated access to key service materials needed for routine activities, including new service connections, installations and urgent repairs.
“This single act has eased the rate of service delivery to customers in all the 77 districts of the company,” it said.
On prepaid metering, the citation said the roll-out of the prepayment of metering system in Ghana after a period of experimentation and setbacks had finally taken off in earnest in Accra and other parts of the country.
It said under a Build, Operate and Transfer agreement, the prepayment technology was replacing the existing credit billing system and its meters.
The citation said Mr Adu-Amankwah had been an ardent supporter of the sub-regional efforts towards the development and integration of the African power systems.
It noted that the ECG had been part of the current completion of works for the start of power from Ghana to Badou in Togo and also from Ghana to Burkina Faso.
It described Mr Adu-Amankwah as a “great leader and a visionary. He is a gentleman who recognises and rewards achievements. He is affable and a listening Chief Executive Officer”.