Five customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), including PrinMoss Pharmacy in Sefwi Asawinso, Sefwi Wiawso Municipality, Western North Region, have been handed over to police for prosecution for illegal power reconnection.
As part of the company’s efforts to guarantee that customers pay for services supplied to them in order for their operations to run smoothly, the Sefwi Wiawso branch of ECG conducted a disconnection exercise at Asawinso on Tuesday 11th July 2023 to ensure that all indebted meters were turned off.
Five home users and PrinMoss Pharmacy were discovered to have reconnected illegally during a follow-up exercise on Thursday by the firm to assure full compliance by consumers.
In an interview with Citi News, ECG’s western regional communications officer, Benjamin Quarcoo, stated “We were here yesterday to ensure our customers were not owing the ECG and those who owe the company were disconnected. We decided to revisit this place to ensure the customers who were disconnected yesterday had not reconnected themselves illegally.”
“When we came, we realised some of them had reconnected themselves illegal so we had to disconnect them and hand them over to the Asawinso police. We expect the police to process them for court.”
Mr Quarcoo informed the public that if they are disconnected by the ECG for nonpayment of bills, they are not permitted or allowed by law to reconnect.
