The Assembly member for Denu in the Ketu South Municipality, Israel Bossman, says residents may soon be compelled to abandon the use of electricity in the area if the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) fails to address challenges associated with its billing system.
Residents recently staged a protest against what they consider to be exorbitant monthly tariffs, claiming that the ECG’s billing system in the Denu District is overcharging them beyond their actual consumption.
They are demanding a review of the billing mechanisms to ensure fair and accurate charges.
In an interview with Citi News, Israel Bossman emphasised the need for immediate action, labelling the current situation as a form of extortion that must be halted immediately.
“With immediate effect, ECG must cease disconnecting customers or consumers of the power and fix the poor nature of the billing system and also audit some meters in the enclave.
“I understand that people now take loans to pay light bills and this is not pleasant. And so trust me, a time is coming where nobody would want to use light anymore because we can’t be paying that amount of money. It is not possible. I mean something is wrong somewhere.”
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer for the ECG in the Volta Region, Eunice Tweneboah-Kodua says the grievances of the consumers have been addressed.
“All the things that they asked us to do, management was able to do it for them. The regional police command made us aware that the people are saying that they are still bent on going on a demonstration against us. And we asked about the issues and the issues were the same things that they raised for us to work on.
“So basically that is the issue. And [on Wednesday] during the demonstration, they presented a petition and the petition has the same issues that we have worked on. Nevertheless, we are not bent on sleeping on it. Whatever thing that they want, we are still looking into it.
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