ECG Archives - Page 11 of 13

24 Mar

ECG Disconnects Power To Keta Vaccine Storage – Medicines Risk Going Waste

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Vaccines for routine immunisation, including new deliveries received last week, risk going waste at the Keta Municipal Health Directorate because the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected power supply to the facility for the non-payment of bills. This is in spite of the government classifying some health facilities, including vaccine stores, operating theatres, medical laboratories, designated pharmacies and consulting rooms, as essential and strategic where power outage must not occur. The Volta Regional Director of Health Services, Dr Kwasi Djokoto, has confirmed the incident to the Daily Graphic and said he was engaging the power distributor to restore power.…

23 Mar

ECG Is Owed GHS5.7Bn – Managing Director

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The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Samuel Dubik Mahama, has said that an amount of GHS5.7 billion is owed to the state power distributor. He said the company would intensify the collection of the debts. “Every month we will show up to collect the debts,” he added. He made the revelation on the Ghana Tonight show on TV3 Wednesday, March 22. The ECG has been embarking on a debt recovery exercise since Monday, March 20. The company said that it has introduced a digitalized system to ensure the amount of money received from the debt recovery exercise…

22 Mar

If You’re Experiencing ‘Dumsor’ Check Your High Outage – ECG To Customers

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If you're experiencing power outages in your area, it might be due to an increase in various gadgets at home. Some areas in Accra have been experiencing continuous power outages popularly known as 'Dumsor'. The Chief Executive Officer of the Intercity State Transport Corporation (STC), Nana Akomea contributing to a panel discussion on Tuesday's edition of Peace FM's morning show 'Kokrokoo' criticized ECG for continuous dumsor in his area. "If there's a problem we should be informed. How is that difficult? No Announcement Why??? If it's happening let people be aware. It's annoying," he lamented. The Managing Director of the…

22 Mar

ECG Revenue Mobilisation: Number Of Institutions Nabbed So Far

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Monday, March 20, 2023, closed all its district, regional and head offices to embark on a month-long nationwide revenue mobilization exercise. The exercise is expected to end on April 20, 2023, a statement from ECG stated. Following this announcement, some top institutions in the country have been brought to bear by the power distribution company for owing them huge sums of money. This article lists these defaulting companies. Parliament of Ghana Parliament of Ghana, according to ECG, owes them GH¢13 million. After holding a crunch meeting with them on Monday, Parliament paid GH¢8million out of the total…

22 Mar

Debt Recovery: Digitalized System Helps In Tracking Recouped Cash – ECG

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has said that it has introduced a digitalized system to ensure the amount of money received from the debt recovery exercise is monitored directly by the Managing Director of the company. The ECG has been embarking on a debt recovery exercise since Monday, March 20. The task force visited institutions such as Parliament, the Ghana Arprort Company Limited (GACL) and the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC) as part of the debt recovery. Speaking to journalists after the exercise on Monday, March 20, the External Communications Manager of ECG, Laila Abubakar said “The national task force is the one…

22 Mar

Target Supreme Court Building And Jubilee House As Well – ECG Told

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has been told to intensify its effort to retrieve debts owed by state institutions. Member of Parliament for Pru East Dr Kwabena Donkor said they should make sure that all institutions that are owing even if it is the Supreme Court or the Jubilee House, pay. “They should do more, including the Jubilee House, the supreme court building, Parliament,” the former Power Minister said on the Ghana Tonight Show on TV3 Tuesday, March 21. Dr Kwabena Donkor also said the ECG itself should be partly blamed for the debt owed by institutions. He accused the state…

21 Mar

Operation Recover GH¢5.7bn Arrears: We Don’t Accept Cash Or Cheques – ECG Boss

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The Electricity Company of Ghana is starting an operation to collect monies owed them from their customers. The operation will commence from March 20 to April 20, 2023. According to the Managing Director of the company, Samuel Dubik Mahama, the customers are more than six months in arrears. He revealed that the electricity users including government organizations owe ECG a whopping sum of 5.7 billion cedis. As a result, the company is sending its workers across its operational areas to ensure every user owing them pays up. "Any person owing us, whether 50 cedis or 20 cedis, we will retrieve…

21 Mar

Ghana Airport Pays GH¢10m Of GH¢28m Debt Owed ECG To Avoid Being Disconnected

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The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has reportedly paid GH¢10 million out of the GH¢28 million debts it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to avoid be disconnected from the national power supply. According to a report by JoyNews, the GH¢10 million was paid on Monday, March 20, 2023, the day the ECG began it nationwide exercise to disconnect households and entities which have refused to pay arrears of power supply they own, from the national grid. The report indicated that the Airport Company promised to pay the remaining balance it owes the ECG within two weeks. Meanwhile, a…

20 Mar

Parliament, ECG Hold Crunch Talks To Avert ‘Dumsor’ In The House

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Ghana’s parliament is holding talks with officials from the Electricity Company of Ghana over a GH¢13 million debt owed to the power distribution company. The development comes after ECG on Monday, March 20, 2023, embarked on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise with a focus on all categories of customers including state-owned enterprises. According to a myjoyline.com report, the conclusion of discussions will determine whether the House will be disconnected from the national grid or remain connected. As part of efforts to avert the disconnection, Parliament is said to have held advanced talks with the ECG to at least pay GH¢1 million of…

16 Mar

ECG Closes Down Offices Nationwide For A Month Beginning March 20

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced that beginning Monday, March 20, 2023, it shall close down all of its offices across the country as it seeks to embark on a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise. The power distribution company said the exercise which will last for one month period will take place from Monday, March 20, 2023 and end on Thursday, April 20, 2023. According to the ECG, the exercise shall affect operations at its Head office, Regional and District offices except for Customer Service Centres (CSC) to enable total participation by top Management and Staff. “This massive revenue…