Tension flared at the May Day celebration in the Ashanti region as employees of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) walked out during a speech by the Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, on Wednesday, May 1.
The workers union of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is threatening to disconnect the private facilities of the Ashanti Regional Minister if it is found that he owes the company money for electricity bills.
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Ashanti region say they have been forced to abandon the revenue mobilization exercise for fear of their lives. They say they are afraid the conduct of the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, who ordered the arrest of the General Manager for Ashanti East for failing to connect Kumasi Technical University, could embolden members of the public to attack the staff.