NEDCo disconnects Aliu Mahama Sports Stadium, two others from national grid

The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has disconnected power to the Aliu Mahama sports stadium, the Tamale College of Education(TACE), and the Bagabaga College of Education(BACE) in the Northern Region.

According to NEDCo, the Aliu Mahama sports stadium was disconnected for the non-payment of their bills to the tune of GhC466,000.

The two other colleges of education, TACE, and BACE owed the company GhC4.1 million and GhC3.5 million respectively.

The exercise was led by the Managing Director for NEDCo, Osmani Aludiba Ayuba. The team also visited the Tamale Technical University.

Out of the four institutions visited, three were disconnected for failing to honour 70 percent of their debts.

Management of NEDCo began nationwide mass disconnection of power because the company loses a lot of money due to power theft which seriously impedes the smooth operations of the electricity company.

Speaking to Journalists after the exercise, the Managing director of NEDCo, Osman Ayuba called on residents of Tamale to pay their electricity bills regularly to avoid disconnection.

“We have a business to run, every day that we supply power to you the debts keep mounting and keep piling up. These two weeks you are talking about will even accumulate more debt, and we will be talking of a different amount here, so the view we hold is that, we will respectfully take off the power.”

According to NEDCo, it owes the Volta River Authority (VRA), the power generator an amount of GH¢1.6 billion, and the power transmitter, GRIDCO, about GH¢481 million.