“Citizens who report illegal connection will get 6 percent of the amount” – ECG MD

The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has disclosed that those who report illegal connections will receive a reward from the company.

Mr Mahama said such persons will get 6% of the retrieved amount while addressing a press conference in Accra on Thursday, May 4, 2023.

“Citizens who report illegal connections will get 6 per cent of the amount. Let’s all use this as a means to help ECG. ECG is not for one person, it is for all of us,” Mr Mahama said.

He also revealed that ECG has recouped over GH¢3.1 billion from its defaulting customers within the last few weeks.

ECG embarked on a one-month-long revenue mobilisation exercise to recover GH¢5.7 billion from individuals and firms that have failed to pay for power.

The exercise saw the disconnection of customers who failed to pay their bills, including some government institutions.

During the month-long nationwide exercise, Tema Region alone had a target of about ¢600 million of debt to recover.

The electricity company also says it is considering jail terms for customers who engage in illegal connection, meter bypassing, power theft and other forms of illegalities.

According to a Director at the Company, Dr George Yaw Marfo, this has become necessary following a trend they identified in the Tema Region during the one-month revenue mobilisation exercise, which ended in April 2023.