Tema (Greater Accra), 3rd May ?99 ?

Mr Musa Adams, Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), on Saturday warned that workers of the company who illegally connect power to house holds will be severely punished when caught.

He advised the workers to "rather do things that would improve the revenue generation of the corporation and not condone crime".

The Managing Director was addressing a ceremony at Tema during which the Tema Region of the ECG honoured eight of its workers for dedicated service to commemorate May Day.

Mr Felix Owusu, a tradesman/cable jointer, emerged the best worker and had a sounds system plus a certificate while Mr Raphael Konnu, customer director, and Mrs Agnes Keelson, accountant, who placed second and third respectively, had wall clocks and certificates.

Mr Adams said in 1997 the ECG could not achieve its revenue target of 64 billion cedis and urged the workers to put up their maximum effort this year.

"Since we are in a competitive world, ECG workers should start cultivating the habit of moving to customers to render service rather than customers frequenting your offices even at times without getting prompt service.

This lukewarm attitudes affect our revenue collection and must stop" he said.