{"id":64803,"date":"2014-11-13T16:30:10","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=64803"},"modified":"2014-11-13T14:54:31","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T14:54:31","slug":"ecg-disconnects-more-institutions-in-aregion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=64803","title":{"rendered":"ECG disconnects more institutions in Ashanti Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power supply to the Kumasi campus of the University of Education as well as the Kumasi Branch of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC).<\/p>\n<p>This forms part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/13\/ecg-disconnects-baba-yara-stadium-three-others\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>mass disconnection exercise<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>the ECG is embarking on to retrieve all the debts due it.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the company\u00a0revealed that <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/11\/10\/60-electricity-users-ar-owe-us-ecg\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>only 40 percent<\/strong><\/span><\/a> of consumers in the region pay their bills regularly while the remaining 60% owed them.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana is currently facing energy crisis resulting in an intensified load shedding exercise.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;u88dZGlopGeIE4SARSPWGu2GDwgVtmxI&#8221;]The country&#8217;s power producers are struggling to produce enough energy for public consumption.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, the government says it is working to resolve the problem.<\/p>\n<p>The Ashanti Regional Public Relations Manager for the ECG, Erasmus Kyere Badu told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, his outfit is intensifying its revenue collection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of these public institutions owe us and they are not making any efforts to pay for what they have consumed and that is putting a lot of stress and strain on the company,\u201d he complained.<\/p>\n<p>Based on this, Mr. Badu served notice that the ECG is taking stringent measures to ensure full payment of all outstanding debts \u201cand we are not sparing anybody in this region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The GBC in Kumasi and Mampong reportedly owes GHC 329,000 while the Baba Yara Sports stadium owes GHC 214,000.<\/p>\n<p>Oware Mines, Konongo-Odumasi Mines, Kumasi Polytechnic and the Kumasi Cultural Center have all been disconnected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.crea   teElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power supply to the Kumasi campus of the University of Education as well as the Kumasi Branch of the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC). 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