The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has instituted a reward package for citizens who report illegal connections in their communities.
Addressing a news conference in Accra, Mr Mahama said citizens will get 6 percent of the total debt of the illegal connection they report. Mr Mahama also revealed that ECG has been able to recoup over 3.1 billion cedis from its defaulting customers within the last few weeks.
In its one-month-long revenue mobilisation, the company was hoping to recover 5.7 billion cedis from individuals and firms that had 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.