Residents of Yilo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region have been plugged into the darkness since Wednesday, July 27, 2022, following a decision by the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, to switch off feeders supplying power to communities in the two Municipalities over illegal connections.
According to ECG, some recalcitrant residents have tempered with their transformers and reconnected power to their homes after they were disconnected for refusal to accept prepaid meter installation.
Health facilities, banks, and businesses have therefore switched to the use of generators.
This is not the first time ECG has switched off feeders in the area. On December 6, 2021, the power distribution did the same and subsequently stated to explain that, “given the on-going interference in our network as a result of the scaling down of our operations in the Krobo area which was necessitated by the threat to our staff, ECG has decided to shut down the feeders at the Bulk Supply Point(BSP) directly feeding the Communities to protect our network, lives, and properties of innocent customers and the general public within the lower Manya and Yilo Krobo communities”
The switching off of the feeders was done a few hours after the power distributor closed down its district office in Somanya over safety concerns and relocated to a new office at Juapong.
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