{"id":339857,"date":"2017-07-27T10:10:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-27T10:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=339857"},"modified":"2017-07-27T10:10:31","modified_gmt":"2017-07-27T10:10:31","slug":"ecg-somanya-residents-smoke-peace-pipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/ecg-somanya-residents-smoke-peace-pipe\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG, Somanya residents smoke peace pipe"},"content":{"rendered":"
Management of the Electricity Company of Ghana has come to an agreement with the Yilo\u00a0and Manya Krobo\u00a0traditional leaders to resume work after several months of closure.<\/p>\n
The assumption of work by the workers of ECG today [Thursday] comes after residents of Somanya besieged the premises of the Somanya ECG office, attacked and vandalized property belonging to the company on\u00a0May 26, 2017,<\/span>\u00a0following claims the company was over billing them.<\/p>\n In a joint communique issued by the management\u00a0of ECG and the Yilo traditional\u00a0Council, and read by the member of Parliament for the Yilo Krobo Constituency, Magnus Kofi Amoatey, at the Yilo Krobo\u00a0District Assembly, both parties jointly pledged and promised to work together in an atmosphere of peace and mutual trust to ensure the success of ECG’s business and the satisfaction of customers in the Krobo district of ECG.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Acting Konor\u00a0of Yilo Traditional Area, Osayem Tetteh Odonkor Tuumey I advised residents of Somanya to conserve electricity and also pleaded with the management of ECG to amend the over billing charges to ensure continues peace, he said “we should all learn how to conserve electricity by switching off all electrical gadgets when they are not in use. Management of\u00a0ecg\u00a0should also try and solve all the discrepancies with the bills for residents to also be happy.”<\/p>\n The Managing Director of ECG, Ing. Samuel Boakye-Appiah however assured residents of quality service from his outfit, he said “I am happy to say that my staff are back working again in a peaceful environment, I want to express appreciation to the Yilo and Manya Traditional leaders, the Municipal\u00a0Assembly, the security agencies here and the entire media fraternity for their immense contribution and reportage throughout. I assure the people of Somanya and other catchment areas of full and quality service, our doors are always open to them, I\u00a0advice\u00a0that they use our complaints\u00a0centre\u00a0which has been established to report every problem they are faced with.”<\/p>\n The Communique<\/strong><\/p>\n In the supreme interest of Peace and development of the Yilo Krobo Area and in the accordance with the roadmap the Yilo Krobo Traditional\u00a0council\u00a0represented by the Acting Kronor- Osayem Tetteh Odonkor Tuumeh I and Ing. Samuel Boakye – Appiah, acting managing director of ECG make the following declarations on behalf of the people of Somanya and workers of ECG respectively;<\/p>\n -Report to the Regional General Manager in Tema<\/p>\n -Report to the Head Office Directors in Accra<\/p>\n -Report to the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n The ECG Will embark on series of public and customer education\u00a0programmes\u00a0in collaboration with the chiefs, Municipal\u00a0Assembly\u00a0and Opinion leaders.<\/p>\n In conclusion, we jointly pledge our commitment to this communique and promise to work together in an atmosphere of peace and mutual trust to ensure the success of ECG’s business and the satisfaction of customers in the Krobo district of ECG.<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Neil Nii Amatey Kanarku\/citifmonine.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Management of the Electricity Company of Ghana has come to an agreement with the Yilo\u00a0and Manya Krobo\u00a0traditional leaders to resume work after several months of closure. The assumption of work by the workers of ECG today [Thursday] comes after residents of Somanya besieged the premises of the Somanya ECG office, attacked and vandalized property belonging […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[332,3,7482],"yoast_head":"\n\n