The Chief Executive of the Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo), Ing. Ebenezer Kofi Essienyi, has led a team to visit the Akosombo Area.

The visit forms part of the annual series of GRIDCo Area tours at the beginning of the year.

During the visit, the Akosombo Area Staff, raised issues related to resources, rewards and staffing which require attention, to ensure a smooth running of the company’s operations.

The Akosombo Area Manager, Ing Job Aziaku, updated the Chief Executive and his team, on an in-house project undertaken on the Asiekpe Substation.

The project is 95 per cent complete and is a substation work which involved the installation of a new transformer allocated to supply the Sogakope load through the 69Kv Asiekpe-Sogakope Transmission Line.

The project was carried out by staff of the Akosombo area, with both technical and engineering expertise. 

The Chief Executive commended the Akosombo Area for their internal capability.

“This is what we expect from each other. There is internal capability, and a lot we can do ourselves without relying on external expertise. 

“You have done very well! Inform me, when you are ready to commission the project so the Management team can be a part of it,” he said. 

The Assistant Chief Technician Engineer, Florence Ofei-Badu, also raised concerns about Right of Way (RoW) challenges.

Responding to the concerns raised by the Assistant Chief Technician Engineer, the Chief Executive offered his advice.

“Let’s be observant and alert the Lands Section whenever we notice the operations of encroachers on our RoW. 

“This is because, where our lands are positioned are now prime lands and are, therefore, at risk since the problem is no more restricted to just the big cities of Accra and Kumasi, but now everywhere GRIDCo operates,” he said.

He described the concerns as a critical issue and stressed that management is engaged with stakeholders including the assemblies and security agencies to address them.