The Koforidua Polytechnic is still without power, three weeks after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cut power supply to the school.
The situation, according to authorities, is said to be severely affecting teaching and administrative work.
The school was disconnected following the institution’s inability to pay some GH¢ 780,000 it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
[contextly_sidebar id=”XlRVnRGt2o4BPIPpM9KvHdAjadWLj4qd”]The Registrar of the Polytechnic, Mensah-Livingston, in an interview with Citi News said all efforts by the polytechnic to have power restored have proved futile.
According to him, the school authorities have met with ECG a number of times but the power has not been restored.
“We met with the Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman, who was surprised at ECG’s reluctance to reconnect electricity supply to the polytechnic; we have also met with Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Education Minister in charge of Tertiary Education who has assured us of getting the problem resolved,” Mr. Mensah Livingston added.
Mr. Mensah-Livingston indicated that admission of fresh students has ended, whiles the registration of continuing students is expected to start Monday September 14.
He however fears the process will delay due to the power cut.
A cabinet directive to utility providers demanded that educational and health institutions be exempted from disconnection exercises but ECG is adamant to comply with the directive.
The ECG has been on a rigorous campaign across the country to retrieve all monies owed it by various institutions.
The exercise has seen the disconnection of power to installations of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) in the Volta Region and the Ho Municipal Hospital among many others.
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By: Kwame Botchway/citifmonline.com/Ghana