The Ghana Airports Company Limited (GACL) has had its power supply shut off by the National Task Force of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited due to a ¢49 million debt.
According to the Team Lead, Nene Shadrack Mase, the debt is interfering with the ECG’s operations, necessitating such distress action.
Joy Business learned that the task force expected GACL to settle at least half of the debt, but the GACL Company chose to pay ¢1 million.
This, according to the ECG, is insufficient to pay the arrears.
The task force found that the GACL was notified in advance of the distress action on Monday, March 14, 2022.
“We gave them prior notice last Friday, 11th March 2022, but when we came they [GACL officials] said they don’t know us and were not ready to cooperate with us. GACL owes ECG ¢49 million but wants to pay just ¢1 million which we believe is too small considering the amount owed. We are at least expecting 50% of the debt or better still ¢5 million”.
The ¢49 million debt is related to current and past power use owing by the GACL for six electrical meters, including Terminal 3 and the runways.
Meanwhile, the ECG’s National Taskforce team did not turn off the electricity to Terminal 3 and the runways at Kotoka International Airport.
The impacted locations were the headquarters and the office complex.
The task force disclosed that electricity will be restored only if the Ghana Airports Company Limited pays at least half of the money outstanding.
Earlier, the team was at the Ghana Broadcasting Corporation to serve them with a demand notice for negotiation.
They are scheduled to tour additional government institutions, including the Accra International Conference Center, today.
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SOURCE: myjoyonline
