Samuel Dubik Mahama, the managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has established a reward programme for residents who report unauthorised connections in their neighbourhoods.
On Thursday, May 4, Mr. Mahama indicated at a press conference that citizens will receive 6% of the total debt of any illicit connections they expose.
Mr. Mahama stated, “Citizens who report illicit connection will collect 6% of the sum. Let’s all use this as a method to help ECG. ECG is for everyone, not just one individual.
In addition, Mr. Mahama disclosed that ECG has recently been successful in recovering approximately GH3.1 billion from defaulting clients.
The company in its one-month-long revenue mobilization was hoping to recover GH¢5.7 billion from individuals and firms who have failed to pay for power used.
The exercise forced both government and private institutions to cough up some funds to settle outstanding debt to avoid disconnection.
Some institutions were not disconnected from the national grid following the show of commitment to settle their debts.
