Free Press

ECG to stop disconnection?Consumers to pay by instalment

In a front lead headline story, the Free Press reports that the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has now diversified its approach to revenue collection and will not rely on disconnection of power supply but rather encourage consumers to pay their bills by instalment.

The company has also introduced a system under which customers, who conserve energy, will receive awards. Mr Kwamena Longdon, Public Relation Manager of the ECG is said to have disclosed this at a public forum organised by the company to interact with its customers at the Kumasi Technical Institute.

Mr Longdon appealed to customers to conserve energy by judiciously using electrical gadgets, especially pressing iron. Kettle and stove, whose energy consumption is very high. The paper says Mr Longdon also told the forum that the award scheme is in operation in Accra.