Gov’t directs ECG to check illegal connections in markets

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Old Dirty Bastard 12 years ago

That is the reason for the petition

That is the reason for the petition
wheel 12 years ago

Desperate for power.

Desperate for power.
JATO 12 years ago

Mary go around,how have ghana had this problems with illegal connections?NDC musr STOP the blame game and fix the Eletricity problems.AFTER OVER 30 YEARS IN POWER THE P/NDC IS TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS,WASTE OF OUR TI ...
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Mary go around,how have ghana had this problems with illegal connections?NDC musr STOP the blame game and fix the Eletricity problems.AFTER OVER 30 YEARS IN POWER THE P/NDC IS TALKING ABOUT ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS,WASTE OF OUR TIME.
Ellen 12 years ago

Passive Citizen you are all the brain behind non-development shut up

Passive Citizen you are all the brain behind non-development shut up
TerriblY Spe cifiC 12 years ago

AKUFO ADDO IS A DISGRACE TO DEMOCRACY IN GHANA.

AKUFO ADDO IS A DISGRACE TO DEMOCRACY IN GHANA.
OSEI TAWIAH 12 years ago

How do you go around to do this job? Only NDC fools will look for cosmetic solutions every problem.

How do you go around to do this job? Only NDC fools will look for cosmetic solutions every problem.
OLD SOLDIER 12 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
HASSAN RASTA GERMANY 12 years ago

NANA DWARF ADDO DWARF SATAN WE DONT NEED U OOOOO KO KO KO

NANA DWARF ADDO DWARF SATAN WE DONT NEED U OOOOO KO KO KO
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

IF I WERE JOHN MAHAMA, I WILL FIRE THE HEAD OF THE ECG ASAP. YOU DONT NEED THE GOVT OG GH TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB. YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE PPL HAVE ELECTRICITY. PPL ARE PAYING THEIR BILLS. PPL DOT HAVE ILLEGAL CONNECT ...
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IF I WERE JOHN MAHAMA, I WILL FIRE THE HEAD OF THE ECG ASAP. YOU DONT NEED THE GOVT OG GH TO TELL YOU HOW TO DO YOUR JOB. YOUR JOB IS TO MAKE SURE PPL HAVE ELECTRICITY. PPL ARE PAYING THEIR BILLS. PPL DOT HAVE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS THAT WILL CAUSE GH TO LOSE MONEY. ECG CONNECTION ARE NOT ENDANGERING LIVES. SO FAR,THE HEAD OF THE ECG HAS DONE NONE, BUT GETTIN PAID. I MEAN HOW? THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. I DONT CARE IF U PUT A MONKEY IN THAT POSITION. I WANT TO SEE SOME FRIGGING RESULTS!
HASSAN RASTA GERMANY 12 years ago

THIS NANADWARF SATAN WILL NEVER REST OOO HE AND THE FOOLS BEHIND HIM. WHO CALL HIM TO KANAMANTO HUH? OBETSEBI TOO WALKING LIKE A PIG AND THE BASTARD SIR JOHN TOO WHO´S MOTHER DIED IN THE RED LIGHT ASHAWO CORNER, ARE ALL BEHI ...
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THIS NANADWARF SATAN WILL NEVER REST OOO HE AND THE FOOLS BEHIND HIM. WHO CALL HIM TO KANAMANTO HUH? OBETSEBI TOO WALKING LIKE A PIG AND THE BASTARD SIR JOHN TOO WHO´S MOTHER DIED IN THE RED LIGHT ASHAWO CORNER, ARE ALL BEHIND THESE DISASTERS,

Nii Ansah 12 years ago

my worry is that it is only one side of the coin that is being looked at! what about ashanti and eastern region? where they all verified??

my worry is that it is only one side of the coin that is being looked at! what about ashanti and eastern region? where they all verified??
black guvnor 12 years ago

true statesman, longlive Nana and we hope the truth will surely prevail

true statesman, longlive Nana and we hope the truth will surely prevail
Ellen 12 years ago

Your dreams will soon be over JM all the way our Divine elected President

Your dreams will soon be over JM all the way our Divine elected President
kwame 12 years ago

learn to be civilised and stop this dirty insult

learn to be civilised and stop this dirty insult
Akufoooooooooooool Addue 12 years ago

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A FOOLS PARADISE OF YOUR OWN. THE FACT IS THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. IDIOT.

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO LIVE IN A FOOLS PARADISE OF YOUR OWN. THE FACT IS THAT YOU CAN NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF GHANA. IDIOT.
Repugnant. 12 years ago

"My belief in Ghana remains unshaken." You will never be president in Ghana, that can only happen over our dead bodies. You only want to destabilize Ghana you are genocidal. Big six or small six bloodline or not. Even Prez Ku ...
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"My belief in Ghana remains unshaken." You will never be president in Ghana, that can only happen over our dead bodies. You only want to destabilize Ghana you are genocidal. Big six or small six bloodline or not. Even Prez Kufuor does not trust you, he confided in Kofi Wayo that you are dangerous and pigheaded. Seek another job and stop loitering.
Ellen 12 years ago

You are right God will never permit such a confusion then where is the God whom we called and He answered our prayers. what is written is written period

You are right God will never permit such a confusion then where is the God whom we called and He answered our prayers. what is written is written period
OSEI TAWIAH 12 years ago

Whether Akuffo Addo becomes a President or not is irrelevant, he has already exposed the filth in the NDC to the whole world. We went through the same thing with JJ for 20 years and survived. Nothing is new.

Whether Akuffo Addo becomes a President or not is irrelevant, he has already exposed the filth in the NDC to the whole world. We went through the same thing with JJ for 20 years and survived. Nothing is new.
Ibn Batuta 12 years ago

Ghana's democracy is gradually being deepened with this exercise. I am sure the next elections would be a marked improvement of the previous elections.

Ghana's democracy is gradually being deepened with this exercise. I am sure the next elections would be a marked improvement of the previous elections.
KWAME 12 years ago

All these government agencies are doing lazy work. Those in these institutions especially the ECG are much interested in lining their pockets with illegal monies. The love for the country is missing in our dealings. Nobody sh ...
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All these government agencies are doing lazy work. Those in these institutions especially the ECG are much interested in lining their pockets with illegal monies. The love for the country is missing in our dealings. Nobody should talk about patriotism in this country because nothing like that exist.
Officials at the ECG know some of these illegal connections but they will never do anything about them unless the situation offers them the opportunity to personally profit them. Government should also create contact points where citizens could report without necessarily having to be burdened to contact somebody or another. We need to make things relatively easy for thr system to run. The old ways of doing things cannot take this country any where. We should reduce the talk and ensure more actions are implemented if we want to really make impact.

Ellen 12 years ago

God bless you active citizen

God bless you active citizen
Abena 12 years ago

Yes, you hit on the head. They know all about these illegal connections and they stand by and watch because they know what they are getting from it.
They never do their job and that is why Ghana is falling behind. Not just ...
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Yes, you hit on the head. They know all about these illegal connections and they stand by and watch because they know what they are getting from it.
They never do their job and that is why Ghana is falling behind. Not just them, the town planners who have allowed all these illegal structures to be mounted in all kinds of places and the roads, and the street lights that have been dead for years now. Some have no light bulbs, some poles are falling and nobody cares.
All they want is to load their pockets with our money.
God help us.
GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 12 years ago

U ARE THE ECG HEAD. U KNOW THERE ARE LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM. U SIT IDLE AND ALLOW PPL TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. WHILE U CONTINUE TO GET PAID? NOT UNDER MY WATCH. WHY MUST U GET PAID A SALARY WHEN U ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB? ARE U STUP ...
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U ARE THE ECG HEAD. U KNOW THERE ARE LEAKS IN THE SYSTEM. U SIT IDLE AND ALLOW PPL TO DO WHAT THEY WANT. WHILE U CONTINUE TO GET PAID? NOT UNDER MY WATCH. WHY MUST U GET PAID A SALARY WHEN U ARE NOT DOING YOUR JOB? ARE U STUPID? WE WILL SEE WHAT U WILL DO WHEN U ARE FUCKING UNEMPLOYED, THEN. PERHAPS, U CAN TAKE UR UNEMLOYED ASS AND DO ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS. TRY THAT AND U WILL SEE WHERE POWER LIES. I DONT BLAME THE ECG. I BLAME JOHN MAHAMA FOR ALL THIS. WHEN THE CAT IS AWAY, THE MICE HAVE OURDAY....

TWEEAA, NOT UNDER MY WATCH. I WILL HIRE AND FORE THESE USELESS FOOLS LIKE I CHANGE MY BOXERS.
James Armstrong 12 years ago

The checking should be extended to illegal structures like kiosks being used as residential houses all over Accra creating eye sores such as the the ones springing up on the motorway and all around East Legon and it's environ ...
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The checking should be extended to illegal structures like kiosks being used as residential houses all over Accra creating eye sores such as the the ones springing up on the motorway and all around East Legon and it's environs
damion 12 years ago

i think our ministers find the eye sores ok James. Can you imagine that in 2013 we still have slums in the making. What about those of us who have put up houses and then these slums engulf us. Will Gvt compensate us for the d ...
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i think our ministers find the eye sores ok James. Can you imagine that in 2013 we still have slums in the making. What about those of us who have put up houses and then these slums engulf us. Will Gvt compensate us for the devaluation of our property. enough is enough. No more kiosks, no more waakye sellers on my steet corner.
Opanin 12 years ago

Illegal connections may be part of the problem. The major issue is most of the cables are not designed for heavy load. But now most people and companies are using machinery/equipment that require higher insulation. There's ...
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Illegal connections may be part of the problem. The major issue is most of the cables are not designed for heavy load. But now most people and companies are using machinery/equipment that require higher insulation. There's the need for education about stoves etc
DENNIS AVOY 12 years ago

ANOTHER THING TO CHECK IS THE QUALITY OF ELECTRIC CABLES AND WIRES AND THE FITTING THAT ARE IMPORTED INTO THE COUNTRY WHICH ARE USED FOR THE INSTALLATIONS, THE STANDARD BOARDS SHOULD BE VIGILANT ON THESE THINGS, IT IS NOT ONL ...
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ANOTHER THING TO CHECK IS THE QUALITY OF ELECTRIC CABLES AND WIRES AND THE FITTING THAT ARE IMPORTED INTO THE COUNTRY WHICH ARE USED FOR THE INSTALLATIONS, THE STANDARD BOARDS SHOULD BE VIGILANT ON THESE THINGS, IT IS NOT ONLY THE ILLEGAL CONNECTIONS THAT CAN CAUSE FIRE OVERLOAD OF SOCKETS ALSO CANNOT BE RULED OUT.
princewilly@ymail.com 12 years ago

A man and his wife were working in the garden two streets away from the Kantamanto Market one day and the man looks over at his wife and says " You know, your ass is getting bigger. Hell, I think it's wider than the charcoal ...
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A man and his wife were working in the garden two streets away from the Kantamanto Market one day and the man looks over at his wife and says " You know, your ass is getting bigger. Hell, I think it's wider than the charcoal grill!" He proceeded to get a measuring tape and measured the charcoal grill. Then he measured his wife's ass. "Yep, I was right! Your ass is a full 2 inches wider than the charcoal grill!" That night, the husband was feeling a little frisky and turned to his wife, but she just brushed him off. "What's wrong?" he asked. She replied, "Do you really think I'm gonna fire up this big-ass charcoal grill for one little weenie[ Sausage}?"

Its not the only illegal connections they have to check in the markets,people sleep in the markets and cook there leaving burnt charcoal residue everywhere.
Sometimes when wind blows some of the fiery ashes may spread to the other stores.Women use chamber pots to ease their waste inside.
They have to check all these.
kow amisah 12 years ago

Good idea. Many people sleep in our markets and cook there. Carelessness on the part of these people could be the source of these fires. I have travelled to a few African countries and people are not allowed to sleep in thei ...
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Good idea. Many people sleep in our markets and cook there. Carelessness on the part of these people could be the source of these fires. I have travelled to a few African countries and people are not allowed to sleep in their markets.
EZEKIEL 12 years ago

WHY doesn't the ECG take the initiative to find out AT LEAST SOME of the illegal electrical connections ?? This IS what you have when you have NO RELIABLE ADDRESS and IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM in place!!!!Tackle the PROBLEMS at t ...
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WHY doesn't the ECG take the initiative to find out AT LEAST SOME of the illegal electrical connections ?? This IS what you have when you have NO RELIABLE ADDRESS and IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM in place!!!!Tackle the PROBLEMS at the ROOTS! P.O.Box System in AD 2013.!!

There Is 12 years ago

The fire out breaks is coursed by cheap electrical wires and components and also connections imported from China, that is a fact. Therefore, the investigation must start from controlling of importation of these systems especi ...
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The fire out breaks is coursed by cheap electrical wires and components and also connections imported from China, that is a fact. Therefore, the investigation must start from controlling of importation of these systems especial China.
Adoption of necessary new measures must be that, responsible Ministry in charge of importation of above mentioned goods should consider Ghana first and their pocket last.
Zip Up 12 years ago

All we need is Education on how to be Patriotic inorder to protect our National Infracstructures and how to use basic utities and how to conserve Energy and Water

All we need is Education on how to be Patriotic inorder to protect our National Infracstructures and how to use basic utities and how to conserve Energy and Water

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