The national revenue mobilization taskforce of the Electricity Company of Ghana disconnected three blocks at the police barracks at Osu in Accra due to an illegal connection (connected power directly without a meter).
On Tuesday, the task force was making its routine rounds to recover money from customers when it came across the illegality.
Along with pursuing people who owe ECG debts, the task force takes advantage of the opportunity to look for illicit connections.
“Since it’s an illegal connection, we have the first right to disconnect before we deal with issues.” Laila Abubakari, the manager in charge of external communications, spoke to Citi News.
The disconnecting is a part of a nationwide operation to recover money that customers owe ECG and to assess the condition of all meters.
“The Ghana police would have to come to ECG where a bill will be generated for them covering a period of 12 months,” she added.
When they pay the surcharge, she said the power will be restored.
“The administration block also owes, but due to security implications, we’ve spared that facility while we discuss further the amount involved. We consider the police accommodation facilities (blocks) a general facility hence the disconnection”.
After disconnecting the Ghana Post Company due to a GH89,000 debt, the ECG Revenue Mobilization Taskforce was held hostage for about 30 minutes.
When the staff on Tuesday prevented the task force from leaving the Accra main office, the task force was on the premises conducting its ongoing revenue mobilization exercise.
The month-long national disconnection exercise, which is in its second week, aims to recover the GH5.7 billion on their books.
