The Minority Caucus has challenged reports suggesting thousands of allegedly missing Electricity company of Ghana (ECG) containers at the Tema Port have been “retrieved arguing the containers were not missing but misplaced. The development, according to the Caucus, is ‘strange and troubling, and demanded the Minister for Energy to appear before Parliament with a full disclosure on the matter.
Speaking to the media in Parliament, Deputy Ranking Member of the Energy Committee, Hon. Collins Adomako-Mensah, Effiduase-Asokore MP rejected the narrative captured by The Daily Graphic which stated the containers had been “retrieved.”
He argued that the containers were never missing, a contradiction he says raises serious questions about the government’s handling of the issue.
He said, “We vehemently disagree with the claim that these containers were missing and have now been retrieved. According to the Daily Graphic, they’ve been found at the same port. So how could they have been missing in the first place?”
Hon. Adomako-Mensah recalled that the issue first came to light when the Minister, John Jinapor disclosed that 202,491 containers were uncleared at the port. A committee was later established to probe the matter, and it was reported that over 1,134 containers were unaccounted for.
“We all saw the Minister with National Security and other stakeholders inspecting containers that were supposedly part of the missing batch. And now suddenly, we are being told a total of 2,637 containers have been found—at the same location,” he said.
The MP said the Minority finds this revelation deeply concerning and wants clear answers from the Ministry.
He stated, “This is not just about arithmetic. It’s about transparency and accountability. We are calling on the Minister to come clean with the facts and appear before Parliament to give us a full briefing on what has transpired over the past three months.”
He also pointed out that the former Board Chairman of ECG had faced pressure to resign over the issue of the missing containers. “Today, we are being told by the same people that the containers were never really missing. So what exactly is going on?” he asked.
He emphasized that the Minority is not prepared to accept vague explanations or shifting narratives.
The containers, he argued, were not retrieved but were simply found, meaning they were never missing in the first place. therefore the government owes Ghanaians the truth and not convenient headlines.
