The Accra East regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has scheduled about 27 public and private institutions for disconnection from the national grid. The institutions that include the Accra Sports stadium and parts of the Kotoka International Airport were last Monday disconnected for owing millions of Ghana cedis. Speaking to Citi News, …
Read More »ECG disconnects power supply to Accra Sports Stadium over ¢508k debt
Officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana have reportedly disconnected the Accra Sports Stadium from the national grid. The exercise was undertaken by the National Task Force of ECG due to the heavy indebtedness of the stadium management to a tune of GH¢508,000 for power supplied to the stadium for …
Read More »‘Our 60-year-old MD must go’ – ECG workers
Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) say they do not want a contract extension for their Managing Director, Kwame Agyeman-Budu who has reportedly attained the mandatory retirement age of 60. The workers led by their divisional leadership under the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are calling for …
Read More »ECG to increase tariff
The Electricity Company of Ghana wants to increase tariffs and has, accordingly, tabled a proposal before the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PUC), the Director at the office of the Managing Director of ECG, Mr Noble Dorwume, has said. He announced the intention in Tamale, the capital of the Northern …
Read More »Thunder strikes ECG transformer at Abrepo-Bronikrom
Rainstorms coupled with thunderstorms have hit an ECG transformer stationed at Abrepo-Bronikrom resulting in a blackout in the area and has halted business activities in the community. Residents recounted that there was a heavy downpour for over two hours coupled with thunderstorms on Monday, March 8. They noted a great …
Read More »Motor rider crashed to death by ECG vehicle on Eastern Corridor Road
A motor rider, Kwame Dzobone, 35, has been crushed to death by a speeding Nkwanta South Municipal Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Nissan pick-up vehicle. The incident occurred on the Nkwanta-Brewaniase stretch of the Eastern corridor road in the Nkwanta South Municipality of the Oti region. The accident, according to …
Read More »Man Jailed for Assaulting ECG Staff
The Awutu Senya East Circuit Court has convicted a 43-year-old man, Suleman Osman to six months imprisonment for assaulting one Elvis Asansu, a staff of the Kasoa South District of the Electricity Company of Ghana in the Central Region. Prosecuting Officer, Chief Inspector Sylvester Agbezuden told the court that the …
Read More »ECG Gives Krobos 2 Years To Clear Debts
Contrary to the three months grace period the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) gave to its customers to clear their oustanding debts, the power distribution company has given its customers in the Lower Manya Municipality two years period to spread and clear their accumulated debts between the period of 2018 …
Read More »ECG begins meter reading in Krobo
A combined team of personnel from the Tema Regional Office and the Krobo District of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Tuesday began a meter reading exercise in the Krobo District of the Eastern Region. The personnel, divided into five teams and led by the Krobo District Manager of …
Read More »We are sorry – Yilo Krobo MCE renders apology to ECG over death threats
ECG relocates Somanya office to Juaben Residents of Krobo and ECG engaged in an impasse over billing Parts of Krobo plunged in darkness The Municipal Chief Executive for Yilo Krobo, Eric Tetteh, has rendered an unqualified apology to the Electricity Company of Ghana over death threats issued to its staff …
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