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The Odumase-Krobo Circuit Court in the Eastern Region presided by His Honour Frank Yao Gbeddy has jailed a 42-year-old man Isaac Azu to 12 months imprisonment for stealing parts of a transformer belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana .
The prosecutor Detective Chief Inspector Dan Apedo told the court that, convict, Isaac Azu, was caught red-handed at Kodjonya a suburb of Odumase Krobo about 1:30 am on July 31, 2022 stealing parts of the none-functioning transformer due to power outage in the Krobo area.
Alarm was raised which attracted some other residents in the area who pursued the convict, arrested and handed him together with the exhibit to the police .
The exhibits were six fuses, earth cables and a switch all valued at about Gh¢2,731.38.
He was arraigned in court and convicted on his own plea of guilty on Wednesday August 3,2022.
In a related development, Some unknown persons have cut down high tension pole belonging to the ECG at Adelakope on the Tema-Akosombo highway in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region.
The poles connect power to communities such as Akuse junction, Akorley and Aseseeso in the Okere district.
The incident is believed to have happened Thursday night in protest against continuous power cuts in the area.
“Unidentified persons reportedly around 11:00 pm cut off a high tension Pole with chainsaw at Adelakope on the Tema, Akosombo high way in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of Eastern region which connects power to communities such as Akuse junction, Akorley and Aseseeso in the Okere district,” Opambour Gyaman Simon of Rite FM reported.
The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, switched off feeders supplying power to Yilo and Manya Krobo municipalities on July 27, 2022, over attacks on its staff and tempering of its transformers by some unscrupulous residents resisting prepaid meter installations.
The power cut to the two municipalities is having serious implication on the local economy,health, education and security
Health workers in the municipalities have served notice to withdraw night services over insecurity .
The health workers argue that “the darkness we’re plunged into has given room to some criminals and hooligans to rob, harass, and ill-treat some of the health workers who lived at hard-to-reach areas.
“A Nurse got robbed in the dark after closing from an afternoon shift and walking home. Another got chased on her way home. To avoid these and promote our personal security, we might be forced to avoid the dark hours (4pm-7am). This will mean there will be no night health services. we shall avail ourselves at the hospital’s premises from 8 am to 4 pm. We hope ECG, the Chiefs, political leaders, national security and the various stakeholders in this impasse find an amicable solution to this problem as early as possible”Anaesthetist Miletso spokesperson for the health workers said.
Meanwhile, management of Yilo Krobo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipal Health Directorates in a joint statement issued on August 1, 2022, warned of a public health emergency if power is not restored to their districts immediately.
The health directorates said the power outage is seriously affecting clinical services in hospitals in the municipalities .The hospitals are spending huge amounts on fuel to power generators .
Storage of vaccines including COVID-19 have become a challenge.
However,Management of St. Martin de Porres Hospital, Agormanya in Lower Manya Krobo municipality says dead bodies in their mortuary are in good condition contrary to rumour of decomposition.
The Administrator of St.Martin Deporres hospital, Emmanuel Bosompim said the hospital has no plans of shutting down either the mortuary or any other unit of the facility due to the current power outage.
He explained that the hospital has modern standby power systems powering all units of the facility since the outage adding “if at all the current situation will demand a specific shutdown at a point the management will officially communicate that information to their cherished clients through all modern and community media platforms”.
On Education , the Yilo Krobo District Education Directorate has warned second cycle boarding schools in the Municipality risk closure if electricity supply is not restored in the coming days.
Public Relations Officer for Yilo Krobo Municipal Education Directorate Mr Solomon Sackitey said on Friday August 5,2022 that , boarding schools in the Municipality spend between ghc300 to ghc500 daily on fuel to power generators to preserve perishables in refrigerators.
GES says ,this is unsustainable .
For the meantime ,parents are being asked to buy torchlight for their wards to learn particularly those writing West Africa Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) .
Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh
