The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has warned that it will start prosecuting customers who bypass their meters to shortchange the company.
ECG on Monday began a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise to recover all unpaid bills amounting to GHC5.7 billion from its customers.
“For every bypass that you do, if you are found out we will consider it as stealing and we will take you to the relevant authority for the right thing to be done,” MD of ECG, Samuel Mahama said .
“Let’s stop illegal connections and bypasses,” he added. “It does not help us as a nation.”
“The private sector is the engine of growth … If private sector does its bit then it makes things that much easier for us as it ensures that electricity production does not cease,” Mahama added.