Govt to ECG: Don't disconnect schools, hospitals, security agencies
The Ministry of Power has directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to temporarily halt the disconnection of some critical institutions as it embarks on its mass disconnection exercise.
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They include health, security and educational institutions.
The ECG on Monday embarked on a nationwide disconnection exercise to retrieve outstanding debts from its customers.
As part of the exercise, the revamped Ayensu Starch factory and the newly commissioned Cape Coast Stadium were disconnected.
A statement from the Ministry commended the ECG for its effort to collect outstanding bills owed it by various categories of customers include state institutions.
The statement however said “Whilst we commend ECG in that regard, we wish to bring to your attention, Government’s decision to temporarily exclude certain critical categories from pre-payment metering and the mass disconnection exercise. These include critical installations in the health, security and educational institutions.”
The statement added that the Ministry of Finance would continue to take steps to address the payment of arrears for such categories of institutions.
“We should, therefore, be grateful if you could act in line with the foregoing,” the statement said.
