The mass debt recovery exercise of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) continues to bite hard affecting both public and private companies.
The latest casualty of the exercise is Electrochem Ghana Limited, a salt mining company owned by one of Ghana’s business moguls, Dr. Daniel Mckorley, the chairman of the McDan Group of Companies.
The salt mining company on Wednesday was disconnected from the national grid by the task force of the Electricity Company of Ghana for failure to pay accumulated bills.
According to the manager of external communications at ECG, Laila Abubakari, the task force was in the Tema region of the ECG to follow up on its customers who had failed to pay over 50% of their debt.
Explaining the circumstances leading to the disconnection exercise, Laila Abubakari noted that “it has come to light that ECG meter readers have been denied entry to gain access to the meter installed in their premises.
The team, after engaging with security, proceeded to disconnect power from the source, which left the entire facility in darkness.
The team, prior to visiting the Electrochem company, disconnected power to three other privately owned businesses including a banana farm, Moonlight Fresco Limited, and a fish farm Frosell all in the Ada district.
The other was the Kemmat Hotel, which owes over GH¢200,000 on its six meters.
