ECG disconnects power supply to Hillburi Hotel over illegal connection
The revenue mobilisation crew of ECG said it discovered that the hotel had done a bypass underground from their dedicated transformer to supply power to their gadgets
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disconnected power supply to the serene Hillburi Resort located in Aburi – 33km drive from the capital, Accra – after detecting illegal connection at the premises.
The major power distributor is on a massive nationwide disconnection spree primarily targeting state institutions and private businesses owing a cumulative amount of GHC5.7 billion.
The revenue mobilisation crew of ECG said it discovered that the hotel had done a bypass underground from their dedicated transformer to supply power to their gadgets.
“So they don’t pay as expected,” an official of ECG said in a video posted on the official Twitter page on Friday (31 March).
“In fact, they pay when they want to pay,” the official added in the one minute video. “It’s a serious situation… we’ll take them through prosecution. This one is a straight forward case and we’ll take them through prosecution.”
“This is pure illegal connection. We’ve disconnected them, as we speak now they are not on our network,” the official added.
ECG did not disclose how much the hotel was owing them. Officials of the resort did not respond to our phone query.
Update on the ongoing nationwide revenue mobilization exercise, which started on March 20 and will end on April 20, 2023.
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ECG is on a 30-day revenue mobilisation exercise as it pursues defaulting public and private customers including mining and manufacturing firms, who are the biggest debtors. This week it took the Osu Police Barracks in Accra off the national grid due to illegal connection.
The exercise affected three blocks at the barracks, officials of the power distributor said.
We’ll name and shame – ECG boss
The managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has served notice to defaulting customers and organisations that it will soon start naming and shaming defaulters to further its revenue mobilisation drive.
Appearing on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Wednesday (22 March), the MD of ECG, Samuel Mahama, said people calling to intervene on behalf of defaulters should desist.
“The phone calls should stop because, at the end of the day, you have to do the right thing. Let’s not politicise this,” Mahama said.
“As for the calls, they keep coming because we have realised that we are so quick to point out when it comes to state agencies that haven’t paid,” he said.
“So, next week if they don’t pick up the slack, we are going to do that name and shame for the people of Ghana to see who the major culprits are,” Mahama added.
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