{"id":334346,"date":"2017-07-06T09:36:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-06T09:36:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=334346"},"modified":"2017-07-06T09:36:35","modified_gmt":"2017-07-06T09:36:35","slug":"nedco-cuts-power-to-dohin-naayili-community-over-staff-assault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/nedco-cuts-power-to-dohin-naayili-community-over-staff-assault\/","title":{"rendered":"NEDco cuts power to Dohin Naayili community over staff \u2018assault\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company of the Volta River Authority (NEDco-VRA) has disconnected hydro-electricity supply to the entire Dohin Naayili community within the Tamale Metropolitan Area.<\/p>\n
Some parts of Kukuo connected to two transformers in the Dohin Naayili community where also affected.<\/p>\n
Assembly Member of the Dohin Naayili Electoral Area, Abdul Wahab Fuseini in a Citi News<\/strong> interview admitted that some recalcitrant residents there on Wednesday July 5, 2017 allegedly assaulted staff of the NEDco- VRA-during the discharge of their duties, hence the disconnection.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”2vESJdNnvMTipL6pKq2HjzWlcygVRvZg”]According to him, some defaulting customers in opposition to routine checks on illegal connections deflated the lorry tyres of the NEDco-VRA staff who went there for operations.<\/p>\n He condemned the uncouth behavior and thus pleaded with the NEDCO-VRA management for forgiveness.<\/p>\n Dohin Naayili is one of the densely populated communities within the Tamale Metropolitan Area.<\/p>\n The Tamale Teaching Hospital, the St. Charles Minor seminary, Dr. Paa Kwesi Ndoum\u2019s Suhupieli radio station and some private clinical laboratories are located there.<\/p>\n