ECG is discarding credit meters - Director

Cape Coast, March 3, GNA - Alhaji Daudi Alhassan Jangu, Central Regional Director of Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) on Monday said his outfit will not reverse to the use of credit meters in Cape Coast. Alhaji Jangu told the GNA in an interview in Cape Coast that the introduction of prepaid meters was a government initiative to help clear losses that the ECG had been making as a result of customers' indebtedness and also help the consumer save money though efficient management of electricity.

He said his outfit would not go back to the use of the old credit meters despite complaints by customers in Cape Coast that prepaid meters "run faster".

Alhaji Jangu said the prepaid system was not a new phenomenon in the country and that it was in the best interest of the public. Mr Eric Asante, Central Regional Public Relations Officer of ECG, said with effect from Wednesday, March 4, ECG would begin a regional public education, through meetings, workshops and door to door interaction on the benefits of prepaid meters. Mr Asante advised the public to use electricity reasonably so as to save energy.