The Member of Parliament (MP) for Lower Manya Krobo, Ebenezer Oklertey Teilarbi has been caught for power theft by the Electricity Company of Ghana.
ECG installed prepaid in the house of the MP as part of the mass prepaid installation however the prepaid meter was conspicuously removed and power was connected directly.
The MP has been surcharged .
However he has denied the allegation.
Residents of Yilo and Lower Manya Krobo Municipalities in the Eastern Region have been plugged into darkness since Wednesday July 27,2022 following decision by 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 , 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 same and subsequently issued a statement to explain that , “in view of the on-going interference in our network as a results of the scaling down of our operations in the Krobo area which was necessitated by the threat to our staff ,ECG has decided to shutdown the feeders at the Bulk Supply Point(BSP) directly feeding the Communities in order to protect our network ,lives,and properties of innocent customers and the general public within the lower Manya and Yilo Krobo communities
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Obed Ansah
