The Ashaiman District of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) discovered a total of one hundred and thirty illegal connections within its operational area over three days.
The discoveries, which were part of a revenue mobilisation project the District was embarking on, started on Monday, 4th March 2024.
Speaking on the progress of the exercise to the media on the morning of Friday, March 8, 2024, before the start of the fieldwork, the District Manager for Ashaiman, Ing Kissi Ohenebeng said his outfit had issued summons to people involved in the illegal act,7 stating that some started reporting to the office from Tuesday to rectify the issues identified.
He added that over the three days that the project had been ongoing, his outfit, with support from several staff from eight other districts, as well as the regional office of the Tema Region of the company, had been able to visit over 5,000 customers.
Ing Ohenebeng, when asked about possible prosecution of those caught with illegal connections, indicated that “indeed should customers default in payments, the Company is always ready to explore the possibility of addressing the situation at the court.”
He added that “illegal connection is stealing, which makes it a criminal offence. He admonished customers to desist from such acts as the consequences could be unpleasant.”
The Ashaiman District of the ECG is under the Tema Region, which also has Tema North, Tema South, Afienya, Prampram, Ada, Nungua, and Juapong-Krobo Districts.
Staff were deployed from all over the Region to the Ashaiman District to support this special revenue mobilisation exercise.
The Acting General Manager of the ECG Tema Region, Ing Daniel Asare-Mensah, on his part, encouraged customers to “be ready to pay for power consumed and to pay on time to avoid debt build-up.”
Ing Asare-Mensah indicated that the Ashaiman exercise ended Friday, 8th March 2024, while a similar project with support from the Region’s workforce would be replicated in the other districts.
He also indicated that the Afienya and Prampram Districts would be the next to run such special revenue mobilisation exercises.
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com
