Samuel Atta-Mills (middle) making the call on Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Source: Africa Publicity
Ghana’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has called for the prosecution of some staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for allegedly exceeding the company’s 2023 budget by GHC180 million.
PAC made the call on Tuesday, October 28, 2025. Ranking member of PAC, Samuel Atta-Mills disclosed that per the Auditor General’s report, ECG exceeded expenditure on 13 budget line items without approval from the company board.
According to him, the Auditor General’s report showed that while the company budgeted GHC2.8 million, GHC4.2 million, GHC40 million, and GHC3.1 million for staff fuel, communication, consultancy, and stakeholders’ expenses respectively, actual spending reached GHC3.6 million, GHC7.9 million, GHC58.6 million, and GHC49 million — all without board approval.
Atta-Mills explained that “Staff fuel, did they drive around the world? The budget was 2.8, you spent 3.6 million. Communication expenses, ECG, their budget was 4.2, but you spent 7.9 million. Consultancy, the budget was 40 million, but you spent 58.6 million.
All these you did on your own without even board approval. Stakeholders’ expenses, your budget was 3.1 million, and you spent 49 million, and you want to increase our tariffs.”
He therefore urged that the managers involved be made to face the Attorney General for prosecution due to the financial indiscipline.
He says “This shows financial indiscipline. Those managers who were involved, I’m recommending that they need to face the Attorney General for prosecution.”
