The Twifo Praso Magistrate Court in the Central Region has sentenced three persons for stealing cables belonging to the Electricity Company of Ghana. The three, according to Prosecutors stole the aluminum conductors of the ECG, cut them into pieces and were getting ready for the market when they were arrested. The aluminum conductors estimated at … Continue reading
Students of the Kumasi Polytechnic in the Ashanti Region have threatened a boycott of lectures over the increasing spate of power outages on campus. The school has been without electricity for nearly a week now which has compelled students to devise different ways of studying at night. Most of them indicate that the situation has … Continue reading
Students of Accra Polytechnic are threatening to stage a massive demonstration against management of the school over what they describe as ‘injustice’ against them. Their intended action follows a directive from management that the school’s debt of GH¢ 2.7 million owed the electricity company of Ghana be shared among and paid by students. Per the directive, … Continue reading
The management of the Accra Polytechnic has hinted that it may be compelled to transfer the cost of utilities to students if the government does not go to its aid. This follows the disconnection of power to the polytechnic by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) last Friday for its indebtedness. The ECG is demanding … Continue reading
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected Accra Polytechnic from the national electricity grid for its indebtedness to the company. According to the ECG, the polytechnic is indebted to it to the tune of GH¢2,750,035.17. “We are not reconnecting the polytechnic until it pays 80 per cent of the total amount,” the Public Relations … Continue reading
The Central Regional office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has given defaulting institutions two weeks to pay debts or be taken off the grid. Defaulting institutions which include the Cape Coast Sports Stadium, the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast Teaching Hospital and the GETFUND Hostel at the University of Education, Winneba owe … Continue reading
Barely 4 hours to the much talked about ‘DumsorMustStop’ vigil, the University of Ghana and its surrounding areas have been plunged into darkness. The vigil which is being spearheaded by some Ghanaian celebrities is to protest against the erratic supply of power in the country. Ghana has over the past decade suffered power crisis characterized … Continue reading
The Landlords Association of Nungua in the Ledzokuku-Krowor Municipality of the Greater Accra Region has sued the Electricity Company of Ghana for placing power meters outside their homes. The agitated residents are asking the court to set aside or quash the company’s policy to re-locate prepaid metres from homes onto street side poles. A writ … Continue reading
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