{"id":306464,"date":"2017-03-31T06:00:52","date_gmt":"2017-03-31T06:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=306464"},"modified":"2017-03-31T06:00:52","modified_gmt":"2017-03-31T06:00:52","slug":"ecg-holds-town-hall-meeting-in-prestea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/03\/ecg-holds-town-hall-meeting-in-prestea\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG holds Town Hall meeting in Prestea"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11049\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\">The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Western Region, has held a Town Hall meeting with all stakeholders in Prestea, to review the company\u2019s performance in the area over the past two years.<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11130\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11129\">In 2015, Prestea and eight adjoining communities \u2013 Heman, Bondai, Nsuta, Kpoviaji, Kwameniampa, Obuoho, Brumase and Ayinam, were hooked onto the national grid. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11129\">A total of 15,500 customers were added to the region\u2019s customer base as a result.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-306593 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MG_4193-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"_mg_4193\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11132\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11131\">In the past, Prestea had enjoyed virtually free power under the erstwhile Urban Electrification Project financed by the mining firms in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11134\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11133\">Speaking at the event, Mr. George Amoah, the District Manager, praised the people of Prestea for their patience in the face of some initial implementation challenges. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11133\">He expressed hope that such engagements will be frequent to address concerns of customers in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-306594 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MG_4196-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"_mg_4196\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11136\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11135\">Present at the meeting were Assembly members, religious leaders, traditional rulers, small scale miners, retired mine workers among others.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11138\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11137\">The Western Regional Public Relations Officer for ECG, Philip Osei Bonsu, underscored the need to continuously create such opportunities for performance review and feedback.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_306595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-306595\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-306595 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MG_4208-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"_mg_4208\" width=\"620\" height=\"414\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-306595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">W\/Regional ECG PRO, Philip Osei Bonsu interacting with consumers at the meeting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11137\">He noted that through such engagements, public confidence in the operations of the company will hopefully improve.<\/span><\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11140\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\"><span id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11139\">Issues raised at the meeting ranged from billing, power supply quality and reliability, customer service to new service application.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\">By: citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1490885554934_11141\" class=\"yiv8216899321MsoNormal\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Western Region, has held a Town Hall meeting with all stakeholders in Prestea, to review the company\u2019s performance in the area over the past two years. 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