The External Communications Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has bemoaned what she says is the high rate of power theft in the country.
Speaking in an interview on Joy FM, Leila Abubakar described the power theft situation as “abysmal, jaw-dropping and blatant.”
Nationwide revenue mobilization exercise, starts on March 20 and will end on April 20, 2023. Customers in arrears should please pay their bills now to avoid disconnection and the payment of reconnection fees. Help ECG serve you better
Nationwide revenue mobilization exercise, starts on March 20 and will end on April 20, 2023. Customers in arrears should please pay their bills now to avoid disconnection and the payment of reconnection fees. Help ECG serve you better
The task force of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected the power supply to three blocks at the Police Barracks in Osu in Accra due to an illegal connection.
Laila Abubakari, the manager in charge of external communications at ECG explained that the disconnection is part of a national exercise to recover its debt owed to ECG by customers and to verify the condition of all meters.
She said "Since it's an illegal connection, we have the first right to disconnect before we deal with issues."
The police administration will have to settle their bill for the past 12 months before power can be restored.
"The administration block also owes, but due to security implications, we’ve spared that facility while we discuss further the amount involved. We consider the police accommodation facilities (blocks) a general facility hence the disconnection."
The power distribution company has also disconnected Ghana Post Accra branch over GH¢89,000 debt owed.
ECG, therefore, asked its customers to pay up or be disconnected from the grid.
Source: www.pulse.com.gh
This was done on Tuesday March 28, 2023, when the ECG task force entered the premises of Ghana Post.
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The Amasaman District Court B in the Greater Accra Region has convicted, Kwesi Sam Abudu, a 28-year-old for stealing cables from a transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Central Region.
