The Managing Director of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel D.M Mahama says the company has successfully installed over nine thousand prepaid meters in the Krobo District.
The company targets a total installation of 20,000 prepaid meters in the two Krobo areas – Yilo and Manya – and Mr Mahama expressed the hope that the fruitful working relationship the company is enjoying with the chiefs and opinion leaders of the two areas would continue to linger for the successful completion of the exercise.
At a brief media engagement at Somanya, the Krobo District office of the ECG, Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama expressed delight that over 9,000 residents willingly welcomed the installation of the prepaid meters, despite the confrontations that almost marred the exercise.
“And we are glad to enjoy such a cordial relationship with the people, especially when the ECG is always ready to provide the best service to all of its customers. The installation of prepaid meters is a national assignment and we’re gradually replacing all post-paid meters with prepaid meters.
We will continue to engage the people to understand and accept the need to have prepaid meters,” Mr Mahama explained.
Though he could not readily mention some of the areas where the 9,000 prepaid meters had successfully been installed, Mr Mahama said that vending stations are in all the areas where the meters had been installed “so there is no cause for worry.”
Briefly, on the involvement of the military in the installation exercise in the two Krobo areas, Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama explained that the ECG requested the 49 Engineering Regiment of the Ghana Armed Forces to augment the former’s staff strength “and the personnel, who are trained electricians too, are only providing the needed assistance to the ECG to enable us to achieve our target of installing about 20,000 prepaid meters in the Krobo District within a scheduled period.”
He advised customers to have control over their usage of electricity to save some money for other needs.”Switch off electrical gadgets you don’t need to conserve energy,” he concluded.
