Ghana’s Minister for Energy, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has charged Management of Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) to be firm in their collection of electricity bills.
The Minister said it would be impossible for the utility company to be operating at a loss due to customers not satisfying their payment requirements.
The Minister said he was looking forward to a stronger, more innovative and more viable NEDCo that would play an even bigger role in President Akufo-Addo’s vision for the power sector, which is key to the country’s industrial agenda.
The Energy Minister said this during a meeting with Management of NEDCo, led by the Managing Director, Mr Osmani Aludiba Ayuba, at the Energy Ministry.
In a Facebook post sighted by energynewsafrica.com, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh explained that the purpose of the meeting was to brief him on how the company has been faring so far, the challenges it faces, what they have implemented to mitigate them and a request the Ministry to come to their aid.
“Among some of the challenges they shared were the operational losses due to the wide area and the long stringing of transmission lines, the need to upgrade these lines and unpaid bills from the Ministries, Departments and Agencies they distribute power to,” his Facebook post concluded.
Source: www.energynewsafrica.com
