{"id":157999,"date":"2015-10-07T16:00:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=157999"},"modified":"2015-10-07T16:00:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T16:00:25","slug":"ecg-restores-power-to-koforidua-kumasi-polytechnics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/10\/ecg-restores-power-to-koforidua-kumasi-polytechnics\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG restores power to Koforidua, Kumasi polytechnics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Power has been restored to the Koforidua Polytechnic after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), took them off disconnected from the national grid for<strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\"> <a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/08\/26\/ecg-cuts-power-to-koforidua-poly-over-unpaid-bills\/\" target=\"_blank\">owing over eight hundred thousand cedis<\/a><\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">For about a month, the school was <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/09\/14\/koforidua-poly-three-weeks-without-electricity\/\" target=\"_blank\">running on generating plants<\/a><\/strong><\/span>. The disconnection also formed part of moves by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to reclaim all debts owed it by customers especially state institutions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;IWMPEpJx4aHlAHEsjQjzCZHVt7bX9hFG&#8221;]Management of the school\u00a0resorted to bank loans to settle part of the debt. The Registrar of the Koforidua Polytechnic, Mensah Livingston, told\u00a0<em><strong>Citi News<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0they were reconnected after paying about 60,000 Cedis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere was pressure on the polytechnic to pay something to get reconnected so we have managed to get 60,000 to pay to them. This however fell short of the Ghc100,000 that they were demanding,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mr. Livingston added that management will work to comply with a recommendation by the Regional Minister to ensure it pays the monthly recurrent bills to avert a future occurrence.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, the Kumasi polytechnic which was also disconnected over its indebtedness\u00a0has also been reconnected.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The school\u2019s Registrar, Annan Agyei, who failed to disclose the details of a payment plan however told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0his outfit will later on Wednesday meet officials of ECG to sign an agreement on a payment plan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe have gone to renegotiate with them by promising a payment plan to help reduce the debt\u2026what we agreed with them will take some time because we can only get the monies unless the students are billed,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Power has been restored to the Koforidua Polytechnic after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), took them off disconnected from the national grid for owing over eight hundred thousand cedis. 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