The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana has lost a transformer to thieves who vandalised and made away with some components of the transformer and associated items.
The transformer, a 100KVA, 33/0.433KV, valued at about GHC75,000, was discovered to have been vandalised on the morning of Saturday, 31st August 2024 during a routine patrol to check on the network to fix a power outage situation.
The transformer, located at the Asutsuare Junction, had been brought down, some parts removed and taken away while other components lay scattered around it.
The ECG officials who made this discovery made a report on this to the Doryumu Police Station.
Speaking on this, the Regional Engineer for ECG Tema Region, Ing Michael Buabin, indicated that “the damages to these transformers cause inconveniences to customers as some had been without supply due to the damage.”
He added that “it also causes the company as resources meant for other projects have to be re-chanelled into replacing the stolen transformer.”
He indicated that “the damaged transformer guy itself would cost about GHC75,000 while the associated components needed will likely raise the cost to over GHC100,000, an amount which could have gone into other developmental projects by the organisation.”
Ing Buabin made a plea to the public, asking that “they should support the ECG, and to report any persons seen damaging or trying to sell off such items to the police as that can help to hopefully prevent such occurrences in the future.”
Source: https://energynewsafrica.com