ECG procures 80,000 poles for nationwide service connections

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is procuring 80,000 new electricity poles for service connections countrywide to expand access of electricity.

A total of 40,000 of the poles have already arrived and the ECG is also acquiring additional 100,000 meters as part of their expansion drive to ensure that as many people as possible get access to electricity and meters for domestic and commercial usages.

Mr William Mensah, the Acting Managing Director of ECG, said this at the inauguration of an ultra modern office complex at Nkawkaw, funded by the company at a cost of GHȼ720,000 through its Internally Generated Funds (IGF).

He said to ensure that ECG meters were purchased properly devoid of the many complaints of illegal charging, the company had set up meter management committees to track all meters in the system efficiently.

Mr Mensah told the staff that ECG’s survival depended on its customers and therefore they must change their attitudes towards customers and their rendition of service to the public must not be seen as a favour.

He said the facility was the first of a programme embarked upon by the company to build new offices and renovate old ones to meet the status of the company indicating that New Abirem was the next to have a new office edifice to replace the temporary office structures.

Source: GNA