As part of an ongoing initiative by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) task force, the National Taskforce earlier today, Thursday, February 29 disconnected light at the Parliament House.
The National Taskforce executed the disconnection following unsuccessful attempts to collect the outstanding arrears.
The disconnection is part of the continuing “Operation Zero Balance” program spearheaded by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
This effort tries to recover late bills from various clients, with a concentration on Parliament House and Job 600 owing to their large outstanding obligations.
Attempts were made to collect the GHc23 million debt from the legislative facilities before to the disconnection, but they were unsuccessful.
In an interview monitored by ATLFM NEWS, Citi News Parliamentary Correspondent Nii Ayikwei Okine said that the power loss lasted almost three minutes before being restored by generator.
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Meanwhile, Nana Amoasi IV, Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Security (IES), warned that the present power outages in some parts of Ghana might persist unless immediate and intentional actions are taken to address concerns with installed capacity and fuel supply.
He emphasized the importance of these concerns for the country’s electricity industry.
In certain areas, notably the capital city of Accra, there have been issues with inconsistent energy supply, causing disturbances in people’s everyday lives.
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has not given a clear reason for the outages or supplied the public with a load schedule for better planning.
According to Emmanuel Armah Kofi Buah, several Parliamentary staff were locked in the elevator on the fifth and sixth floors of the Job 600 building owing to a power outage.
