The monthly revenue of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has shot up to about Gh¢1.2 billion as a result of digitisation being introduced into the company’s operations.
Hitherto, ECG recorded Gh¢450 million every month and this trend has been for several years.
The southern power distribution company now operates a cashless system.
Ghana’s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who disclosed this, said ECG’s revenues were virtually constant even though the customer base had continued to increase.
“The constant value was almost the same. They didn’t even take time to change the value,” Dr Bawumia said while delivering a speech at the opening of the Church of Pentecost’s 2023 National Development Conference at Gomoa Fetteh in the Central Region.
He said when this government’s team identified the problem and introduced an intervention to solve it, the team’s work [government team] was “sabotaged with malware by people [ECG staff] working right there.”
He said with the involvement of the National Security in the issue, the problem was solved and now the company makes GH¢1.2 billion a month.
He said the government’s digitisation agenda has contributed significantly to the country’s economic growth and also reduced corruption.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
