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ECG Plans To Halt Importation Of Meters
05 Sep

ECG Plans To Halt Importation Of Meters

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced plans to halt imports of electricity meters and instead source them from local manufacturers. The move is expected to help create employment opportunities under a broader strategy that supports indigenisation of the economy. It follows a decision by some locally-based companies to design and manufacture residential and commercial smart meters for the company, ECG’s Director of Communications, William Boateng disclosed. He made the disclosure at a press forum for selected journalists from across the country at Cape Coast in the Central Region. So far, he said, about six local companies have been…
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Four Arrested For Tampering With ECG Meters
06 Aug

Four Arrested For Tampering With ECG Meters

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Four individuals, including three Ghanaians and a Chinese national, have been detained by the Police for tampering and installing Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) meters. Wisdom Sewlorm, an agent, received the ECG meters for installation. However, his employee, Ernest Afatsawu, tampered with the meters and sold them to a Chinese plastic manufacturing firm for GH₵1200. The manager of the Chinese firm, Rulian Shan, along with his Sales Manager, Ali Yakubu, were apprehended on Friday, August 2. Ernest and Wisdom are currently under investigation after being summoned. The Director responsible for Investigation, Prosecution, and Security, Paul Abariga stated that the four…
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Two Arrested Over Sale Of ECG Meters
10 Nov

Two Arrested Over Sale Of ECG Meters

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has dragged two persons before an Accra Circuit Court for conspiring and illegally selling the company’s meter. Charles Kotei and Frank Ofori have been charged with conspiracy to commit crime and intentionally interfering with the ECG’s distribution system. The two pleaded not guilty. The court presided over by Mr Samuel Bright Acquah admitted Kotei and Ofori to bail in the sum of GHS20,000 with two sureties each, who should be Ghanaians. The prosecution led by Mr Paul Assibi Abariga told the court that the complainant in the case, Ankudey Rocky, is an ECG Technician,…
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ECG Arrests Carpenter For Allegedly Selling ‘Fake’ Meters
29 Sep

ECG Arrests Carpenter For Allegedly Selling ‘Fake’ Meters

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has apprehended a man involved in the alleged sale of counterfeit electricity meters at Adentan in Accra. This follows months of intensive investigation by ECG personnel. The suspect in question, a carpenter by trade, has confessed to being part of an illicit trade that involved the sale of approximately 40 fraudulent electricity meters. These counterfeit meters were being sold at a price of GH¢900 each. The Accra East Region of the ECG executed this operation in response to information gathered over several months. The intelligence gathering primarily focused on the Adentan New Site area.…
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ECG To Deploy 40,000 Prepaid Meters To Customers In Western Region
12 Jun

ECG To Deploy 40,000 Prepaid Meters To Customers In Western Region

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is to install about 40,000 prepaid meters for customers in the Western Region this year. “In about two weeks' time, we expect to take delivery of these meters and ensure that we start installing them for all those who have requested new services,” ECG’s Western Regional General Manager, Emmanuel Justice Ofori, told the media in Takoradi when he led a delegation of ECG management and a board member, Naana Nsarfoah, to pay a familiarisation visit to the Western Region Chapter of the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) press centre in Takoradi. He expressed hope that…
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