The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected the electricity supply to the Asunafo South District Assembly in the Brong Ahafo Region for non-payment of bills.
The assembly owes the ECG four thousand six hundred cedis for a period of nine months.
ECG disconnected the power on Wednesday and the Assembly is now relying on a small stand by generator set for its operations.
[contextly_sidebar id=”60CVs8wdTBvkvhmfBQeXI0rin90n5FYw”]The District Health Directorate which also operates in the facility has been forced relocate to the Kukuom Health Centre because the generator set is not big enough to support the computers, air conditioners and other machines in the offices.
The District Chief Executive of the area, Hon. Abraham Atta Bosompem who confirmed this to citifmonline.com said the ECG is demanding one thousand cedis or two thirds of their debt to restore power to the assembly
“This is not new, even KMA owes light bills, we would pay it,”Atta Bosempem said.
This is not the first time the ECG has disconnected electricity supply.
Electricity supply to the new premises of the Judgement Debt Commission, was disconnected over a GH₵ 90,000 unpaid bill.
Due to the disconnection, the Commission’s sitting was delayed for almost two hours, to enable them fix the Commission’s standby generator.
The failure on the part of some electricity consumers to pay their bills in 2013, for instance, cost the ECG about 12.40 per cent of its annual revenue.
By: Atiewen Mohammed/citifmonline.com/Ghana