9,537 illegal electricity connections detected

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wheel 10 years ago

Such criminals should go to jail ...no option of a fine.

Such criminals should go to jail ...no option of a fine.
O. O. 10 years ago

60% of the blame should be at the door step of ECG. I have meter problem paid for a new meter since January 2014, I can tell you I call at least/MINIMUM 4 times a week and the response is the same sorry we have to do this or ...
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60% of the blame should be at the door step of ECG. I have meter problem paid for a new meter since January 2014, I can tell you I call at least/MINIMUM 4 times a week and the response is the same sorry we have to do this or that. Or better still the contact person will not respond at all.
don`t care !!! © Hmmmmm! 10 years ago

most of the ECG officials are corrupted and their usefulness are outdated..show them the way out to save the corporation....

most of the ECG officials are corrupted and their usefulness are outdated..show them the way out to save the corporation....
The Mask 10 years ago

Ghana has three hydroelectric dams: Akosombo dam, Kpong hydroelectric dam and the newly constructed Bui dam. Aside this we have the Aboadze power and Takoradi power plants. We need to quadruple our electricity production with ...
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Ghana has three hydroelectric dams: Akosombo dam, Kpong hydroelectric dam and the newly constructed Bui dam. Aside this we have the Aboadze power and Takoradi power plants. We need to quadruple our electricity production within the next four years.

However what is disturbing is that the additional power being generated is not being used by our industries or consumers. We supply Togo, Benin and Nigeria through two grids one in the south and one in the North. We also supply ivory coast and Burkina Faso with electricity. Inspite of this the cost of electricity to the average consumer has not declined and many would tell you that it is very expensive. There is another thing I don't understand. The government sometimes tells us there is power crises meanwhile electricity supply to other countries from Ghana continues unabated.

A look at the map of the national electricity grid would tell you straight away that the at least 12 Akyem districts in the Eastern Region which make up more than half the population of the region have been cheated.

In the load shedding exercise it is imperative that some key areas be left out. This should include where the three arms of government work and reside like Sakumono where MPs reside and flag staff house where the President works and resides. It should also include the premises of key government institutions like ministries.
agyeiwaa 10 years ago

Stealing is bad, so illegal connections amount to stealing. Check the roadside steel works, market stalls, hairdressing salons, seamstress shops tailor's shops, the small scale artisans, they use electricity and don't pay. E ...
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Stealing is bad, so illegal connections amount to stealing. Check the roadside steel works, market stalls, hairdressing salons, seamstress shops tailor's shops, the small scale artisans, they use electricity and don't pay. ECG task force should target these small scale consumers, they are stubborn defaulters on payment for power used
DAN 10 years ago

UNTILL GHANA GOT THEM NEVER HEARD OF THEM...JUST CHARGE PEOPLE DEPOSIT AND WHEN CHARGES GO OVER DEPOSIT DISCONNECT(AT POLE)

UNTILL GHANA GOT THEM NEVER HEARD OF THEM...JUST CHARGE PEOPLE DEPOSIT AND WHEN CHARGES GO OVER DEPOSIT DISCONNECT(AT POLE)
Felix 10 years ago

come to the spintex road and see the number of heavy industrial companies that are not pay the right amount not only them go to the mines as well do you know who is encouraging it, the same ECG punks you have employed who kee ...
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come to the spintex road and see the number of heavy industrial companies that are not pay the right amount not only them go to the mines as well do you know who is encouraging it, the same ECG punks you have employed who keeps on doing the nonsense so please the devil is in your clothe find it. Fools.
Garth 10 years ago

So long as U continue charging so high, this illegal connection would not stop.

So long as U continue charging so high, this illegal connection would not stop.
Maami Akua 10 years ago

If ECG GIVES OUT cards meant to open up meters for direct supply of power to premises to non ECG staff then this is bound to happen

If ECG GIVES OUT cards meant to open up meters for direct supply of power to premises to non ECG staff then this is bound to happen
EDENSU 10 years ago

ECG can change al its equipments but the bottom line is ECG is not generating electricity. How are they going to improve on outages?

ECG can change al its equipments but the bottom line is ECG is not generating electricity. How are they going to improve on outages?
Jeremy 10 years ago

iNCREASE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND APPOINT SUPERVISORS TO TAKE OVER THE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS AND YOU WILL SEE IMPROVEMENTS .

iNCREASE THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND APPOINT SUPERVISORS TO TAKE OVER THE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS AND YOU WILL SEE IMPROVEMENTS .
Amino-Apkanga Simuno 10 years ago

It is the same law makers who break the law and go free.

It is the same law makers who break the law and go free.
koffie 10 years ago

Mmmmmm

Mmmmmm
QED. 10 years ago

WHEN WILL GEC ATTACH FUSE BOXES as it used to be in the 50s and 60s TO METRES installed in the houses and other premises to stop fires caused by electricity. ONE DOES NOT NEED TO BE A space scientist to know the causes of ram ...
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WHEN WILL GEC ATTACH FUSE BOXES as it used to be in the 50s and 60s TO METRES installed in the houses and other premises to stop fires caused by electricity. ONE DOES NOT NEED TO BE A space scientist to know the causes of rampant fires in Ghana to call AMERICAN EXPERTS TO ADVISE MAHAMA!!!!!!
QED.
DAN 10 years ago

RE-USEABLE BREAKERS HAVE REPLACE MOST FUSES NOW,,YOU CAN BUY 10 CIRCUIT PANEL TO 30 BREAKER PANEL FOR $100

RE-USEABLE BREAKERS HAVE REPLACE MOST FUSES NOW,,YOU CAN BUY 10 CIRCUIT PANEL TO 30 BREAKER PANEL FOR $100
The Truth 10 years ago

All the NPP executives do not pay thier electricity bills. Akufo Addo,Jake,Sir John, Bamba and Ken Agyapong all have illegal electricity connections and pays no pesewa.

All the NPP executives do not pay thier electricity bills. Akufo Addo,Jake,Sir John, Bamba and Ken Agyapong all have illegal electricity connections and pays no pesewa.
Kofi Boateng, Accra 10 years ago

It was personnel of DVLA found to be corrupt, now the question is these illegal connections, were they not connected by personnel from ECG? Those illegal connections found in 2011, 2012 and 2013, was there any investigations ...
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It was personnel of DVLA found to be corrupt, now the question is these illegal connections, were they not connected by personnel from ECG? Those illegal connections found in 2011, 2012 and 2013, was there any investigations as to who did those connections? Or were they connected by the Makola women themselves, or the house owners themselves? were those people prosecuted? and what happened to them? They not only need to repay any consumptions used but they be charged with serious offences for stealing electricity and attempting to endanger lives. Ghana Ghana Ghana!!!!
kpalooo 10 years ago

the police and others are being paid monthly but they don´t for ECG for what they used. people who are not working they pay for what goverment employes. why shoudn´t other ppl steal

the police and others are being paid monthly but they don´t for ECG for what they used. people who are not working they pay for what goverment employes. why shoudn´t other ppl steal
obaa 10 years ago

well what do you expect

well what do you expect
Hebert, Sweden 10 years ago

This is a serious thing we Ghanaians do not accept as a crime against the State. You are enemies of your Own. If we do not change such attitudes, nlo one can make Ghana better. Bad, and Evil minded Ghanaians. And you blame EG ...
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This is a serious thing we Ghanaians do not accept as a crime against the State. You are enemies of your Own. If we do not change such attitudes, nlo one can make Ghana better. Bad, and Evil minded Ghanaians. And you blame EG and the Government. Why should such things happen?
poshman 10 years ago

This is no surprise becos of this unnecessary utility hike,corruption in the company and dumsor dumsor. The company is surprise becos their leaders lack foresight and are incompetent

This is no surprise becos of this unnecessary utility hike,corruption in the company and dumsor dumsor. The company is surprise becos their leaders lack foresight and are incompetent
shakara 10 years ago

nothing happens to the culprits. all idt takes is greasing the palms of the electricity guys and u are done. no court case

nothing happens to the culprits. all idt takes is greasing the palms of the electricity guys and u are done. no court case

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