THE Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has reiterated its commitment to expand its capacity to extend its operations to all households in the country in a reasonable time frame as mandated by the Constitution.
Squadron Leader Clend Sowu (retd), the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the ECG, reiterated the vision and mission of the company at the board’s maiden meeting in Accra.
Currently the three northern regions receive their electricity supply from the Northern Electricity Department (NED).
The board chairman expressed concern over the activities of some individuals who connived with electricians to tamper with the credit meters of the company to cheat the system.
He said those anti-social and criminal activities were a big drain on the coffers of the company and, therefore, it had decided to change all the credit meters to prepaid meters to avoid waste in its service delivery.
Squadron Leader Sowu, therefore, appealed to the general public to acquire the prepaid meters, since the credit meters would soon be phased out of the system.
He warned that any person found tampering with the meters of the company would be arrested to face the law.
He also appealed to the general public to report electrical faults to the company to ensure prompt attention to safeguard the equipment of the company, as well as household appliances of its customers, from damage in the event of general power failure.
Mr Cephas Gakpo, the acting Managing Director of the company, said there had been a phenomenal growth in demand for electricity which far outweighed supply and gave the assurance that the ECG had put in motion an expansion programme to meet the demand for electricity in the country.
He said the company was also in the process of replacing obsolete equipment with state-of-the-art equipment to ensure that power failures, especially nationwide power failures, were eliminated through new equipment and improved services.
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