Bryan Acheampong, a Member of Parliament for Abetifi Constituency has responded to some National Democratic Congress (NDC) executives who launched scathing attacks on him for saying the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) will not hand over power to the opposition party in 2025. According to the MP, the NDC should not be fixated on …
Read More »Managers of popular Aburi hotel arrested for power theft
The managers of Hillburi, a popular hotel in the Eastern Region, have reportedly been arrested for illegally connecting electricity to their facility. According to a news report by myjoyonline.com, the illegal connection was discovered during a search of the hotel by officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) as …
Read More »TOR cut off from national power grid over GH¢26 million debt
The Tema Oil Refinery has been cut off from the national power grid over failure to settle a GH¢26 million debt owed to the Electricity Company of Ghana, a citinewsroom.com report has said. According to the ECG, the huge sum is an accumulation of unpaid power bills covering several months. …
Read More »ECG disconnects power to McDan’s salt company over GH¢300,000 debt
A salt mining company belonging to businessman, Dr Daniel McKorley, has seen its electricity power supply cut off from the national grid due to a GH¢300,000 debt owed to the Electricity Company of Ghana, a myjoyonline.com report has said. The development follows an exercise carried out by the ECG Revenue …
Read More »ECG disconnects power at Osu Police Barracks over illegal connection
The Electricity Company of Ghana has reportedly disconnected power to parts of the Osu Police Barracks because of an illegal connection to the national grid. According to citinewsroom.com, the task force from the ECG discovered the illegal connections on three blocks of the barracks, which had connected power directly without …
Read More »ECG cuts power supply to Keta Vaccine Storage facility over indebtedness
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has reportedly disconnected power supply to the Keta West Municipal Health Directorate over non-payment of bills. This has put some vaccines meant for routine immunisation, including new deliveries received last week at risk of going waste. The incident according to a report by Asaaseradio.com …
Read More »Ghana has to double its power generation in the next 4 to 5 years – ECG
Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama has indicated that the upsurge in the use of electrical gadgets is having a heavy toll on Ghanaians as this comes with increased use of power at a higher cost. “We have enough power but we as …
Read More »ECG disconnects Ho Airport, Volta GRA, Ho Tech Uni., KFC over power debts
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has disconnected power supply to some institutions in Ho in the Volta region. Power supply was cut to the Ho Airport which owes the power distributing company GHS63,000 on Monday, 20 March 2023. The Ho Technical University, the regional office of the Ghana Revenue …
Read More »Parliament pays GH¢8m of GH¢13m power debt to escape ECG disconnection
But for a partial payment of GH¢8 million of some GH¢13 million it owes power distributor Electricity Company of Ghana, the parliament of Ghana would have been taken off the national grid by the state utility company on Monday, March 20, 2023. The revenue mobilisation task force of ECG was …
Read More »ECG disconnects power to Ministry of Energy
The Electricity Company of Ghana paid the Ministry of Energy a visit last week Tuesday, plunging the whole facility in darkness for almost half a day, only restoring power after the mother ministry of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) paid their debt bill in full. This will be the …
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