By: Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
Parliament’s Director of Public Affairs, Ms. Kate Addo, has denied reports that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has cut power supply to the House due to its inability to settle a debt owed the Electricity Distribution Company.
Even though the Legislative arm of government has been served notices by ECG to clear its debt, the Director of Public Affairs of Parliament says the Electricity Distribution Company has disconnected power to the House.
Ms. Kate Addo explained that on Wednesday 27, April 28, 2022, the House suffered two power outages due to an internal fault and not as a result of disconnection over non-payment of Bills.
“My conversation with the Head of the Development Department shows that there was no such disconnection. On Wednesday, we had two power trips, and it had nothing to do with ECG coming to disconnect power from Parliament,” the Director of Public Affairs of Parliament insisted.
The ECG in recent times has embarked on an aggressive disconnection of defaulting institutions including State organizations.
A task force of the Electricity Company of Ghana earlier this month visited Parliament to embark on a disconnection as a result of debt the company said the legislature owed it.
On March 14, 2022, ECG disconnected power to Terminal 3 of the Kotoka International Airport (KIA) and other offices of the Ghana Airports Company over unpaid bills.
The disconnection was undertaken after the KIA failed to settle its indebtedness to the power distribution Company. Ghana News Agency sources say KIA owes ECG close to GHC49 million.