{"id":270027,"date":"2016-11-20T09:35:06","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T09:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=270027"},"modified":"2016-11-20T09:35:06","modified_gmt":"2016-11-20T09:35:06","slug":"ecg-recovers-ghc-450000-from-illegal-connections-in-eastern-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/11\/ecg-recovers-ghc-450000-from-illegal-connections-in-eastern-region\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG recovers GHc 450,000 from illegal connections in Eastern Region"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Eastern Regional branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has retrieved over GHC 450.000.00 from illegal connection activities perpetuated by some customers in the region.<\/p>\n
Illegal activities such as illegal connections, non-payment of bills and cable theft, have been a major hindrance to the smooth operations of the company in the region.<\/p>\n
In an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, the Eastern Regional Manager of ECG, Engineer Michael Baah, expressed worry about the\u00a0illegal activities ongoing in the region for some time now.<\/p>\n He said “the recent hikes in tariffs made the company realize people will try to beat the system and resprt to illegal connections and true to our words, some customers tempered with our metres, others also bypassed the metres. We had tip off from some clients\u00a0 so through the efforts of our Loss Control Unit (LCU), we have retrieved over GHC 450.000.00 from illegal connections as at October 2016.”<\/p>\n