The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has discovered that some unknown persons in the Krobo District have illegally reconnected transformers and cable ends the company had previously disconnected. Ms. Sakyiwaa Mensah, the Tema ECG Regional Public Relations Officer, told the Ghana News Agency that the illegal connection was discovered when …
Read More »Electrical technician fined GH¢5,400 for illegally installing ECG meters
An electrical technician, Henry Teye Adjirackor, was yesterday sentenced to a fine of GH¢5,400 by the Circuit Court in Accra, for illegally installing Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) meters on premises. He will go to jail for 18 months in default. Adjirackor was convicted on his own plea of guilty …
Read More »Man specialised in stealing, destroying ECG transfomer thief busted
A 42-year-old man who specialised in stealing and destroying transformers belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Krobo areas of the Eastern Region has been sentenced by Odumase Krobo Circuit Court to 12 months imprisonment. The convict, Isaac Azu, was sentenced by the court presided by Frank …
Read More »VIDEO: Soldiers storm Krobo land over ECG poles cutting
Military Officers have deployed in the Krobo land over cutting down high-tension wooden electricity poles with a chainsaw at Adelakope on the Tema-Akosombo highway in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of the Eastern region which connects power to communities such as Akuse junction, Akorley and Aseseeso in the Okere district”. …
Read More »Odumase Krobo: Man,42, jailed 12 months for stealing ECG transformer parts
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 …
Read More »Unknown person cuts down ECG high voltage pole in Krobo
Pictures emerging from the media in Krobo area indicate that an unknown person has cut down high-tension wooden electricity poles with a chainsaw at Adelakope on the Tema, Akosombo high way in the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality of Eastern region. The electricity lines connect power to communities such as Akuse …
Read More »Tension mounts in Krobo municipalities as ECG disconnects power again
There is tension mounting in the Yilo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region due to the unavailability of electricity since Wednesday, July 27, 2022. The Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG has reportedly switched off feeders at the Bulk Supply Point supplying power to municipalities following the tempering …
Read More »W/R: Residents overpower ECG cable thief
The alertness of residents of Essipon in the Sekondi Takoradi Metropolis of the Western Region has led to the arrest of a young man suspected to be among a syndicate behind the stealing of ECG cables in the area. According to the residents, the thief – who gave his name …
Read More »ECG cuts power to Obaa’s Golden Plaza over GHC58K power theft
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected power to Obaa’s Golden Plaza, a hotel located in New Abirem in the Birim North District of the Eastern Region over power theft. ECG disconnected power supply to the facility after detecting an illegal meter bypass at the hotel on Thursday July …
Read More »ECG cuts power supply to Cape Coast Staduim ahead of CHAN qualifiers
GhanaWeb can confirm that the Cape Coast stadium has been without electricity and water supply for the last ten days due to the National Sports Authority’s failure to pay the two service providers. According to our sources, the development has the tendency of affecting Ghana’s CHAN qualifier against Benin …
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