{"id":151467,"date":"2015-09-14T15:19:07","date_gmt":"2015-09-14T15:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=151467"},"modified":"2015-09-14T16:31:39","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T16:31:39","slug":"koforidua-poly-three-weeks-without-electricity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/koforidua-poly-three-weeks-without-electricity\/","title":{"rendered":"Koforidua Poly goes 3-weeks without electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Koforidua Polytechnic is still without power, three weeks after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cut power supply to the school.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The situation, according to authorities, is said to be severely affecting teaching and administrative work.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The school was disconnected following the institution\u2019s <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/26\/ecg-cuts-power-to-koforidua-poly-over-unpaid-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\">inability to pay some GH\u00a2 780,000<\/a><\/strong><\/span> it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;XlRVnRGt2o4BPIPpM9KvHdAjadWLj4qd&#8221;]The Registrar of the Polytechnic, Mensah-Livingston, in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong> said all efforts by the polytechnic to have power restored have proved futile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, the school authorities have met with ECG a number of times but the power has not been restored.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe met with the Minister of Education, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman, who was surprised at ECG\u2019s reluctance to reconnect electricity supply to the polytechnic; we have also met with Okudzeto Ablakwa, Deputy Education Minister \u00a0in charge of Tertiary Education who has assured us of getting\u00a0the problem resolved,\u201d Mr. Mensah Livingston added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Mensah-Livingston indicated that admission of fresh students has ended, whiles the registration of continuing students is expected to start Monday September 14.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He however fears the process will delay due to\u00a0the power cut.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The ECG has been on a rigorous campaign across the country to retrieve all monies owed it by various institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Kwame Botchway\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Koforidua Polytechnic is still without power, three weeks after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) cut power supply to the school. 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