Power Connection: ECG disconnects GBC over GH¢1.7m debt

The ECG on Thursday cut electricity supply to the state broadcaster’s transmission station at Asokwa for non-payment of accumulated bills to the tune of GH¢1.7 million.

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) disconnected power to the state broadcaster, the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation (GBC), in Kumasi in the Ashanti region.

The ECG disconnected electricity supply to the state broadcaster’s transmission station at Asokwa for non-payment of accumulated bills to the tune of GH¢1.7 million.

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According to the Regional Director of GBC, ECG workers days earlier came to the premises trying to disconnect their power without any notice but the move was resisted by some workers and they had to leave only to return to the place in a Rambo style.

 

However, Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid has appealed to ECG promising to clear the debt .

The ECG on Thursday cut electricity supply to the state broadcaster’s transmission station at Asokwa for non-payment of accumulated bills to the tune of GH¢1.7 million. Read Full Story