The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG (ECG) has disconnected the Mfantsiman Girls’ Secondary School in Saltpond from the national grid for owing an amount of GH¢316,160.
The school’s administration block and master’s bungalows were affected by the exercise.
The disconnection is part of the ECG’s revenue drive to complement a national effort to recover some GHs5.7 billion owed by customers.
Speaking during the exercise on Wednesday, Mr. Simon Kpabitey, the Central Regional Commercial Manager, said the action forms part of a nationwide revenue mobilisation.
“We went to the Biriwa Secondary Technical School, some of the master’s bungalows were owing so much. So we had to discount the master’s bungalows that were owing us. Those that we spared were those who were able to pay their bills in full. From there, we moved to the Mfantsman District Assembly. They were also owing us around GH¢26,000 as of February 2023. They have paid GH¢20,000 today April 19, and the rest of the six thousand, they are going to pay before Thursday.”
“From there, we went to Mfantsiman Girls’ Secondary School. The master’s bungalow was also owing, so we had to disconnect the master’s bungalow and ended up disconnecting the administration block of the Mfantsiman Girls’ Secondary. But then we are back here to the Saltpond township, market square. Most of the stores were owing, so we took them off. And we made sure that they paid in full before we reconnected them,” he noted.
