The University of Ghana, risks being disconnected from the national power grid if it fails to pay a GH¢33 million debt it owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) within the next 72 hours.
A disconnection notice has been served on the university, and any further delay will leave the power distributor with no option than to plunge the university into darkness.https://01b8360c613ccfff848c22285c0d30e9.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
The debt which is classified into two with different metering numbers indicates that, the university owes GH¢10, 926,147.53 and GH¢22, 102,459.04 on both metres.
Citi News sources indicate that, as of January 2021, the University of Ghana made a total bill payment of about GH¢10.5 million.
ECG has aggressively declared war on heavily non-compliant debtors who have over the period used power without recourse to accumulated debts.
In a bid to recover part of its liabilities, ECG has listed some 29 institutions (both private and public) for disconnection after a three-day working ultimatum
University of Professional Studies, Accra suffered a similar fate last week when power was cut to its administration block and auditorium over a GH1.6 million debt.ECG has cautioned its clients to redeem their indebtedness in order to avoid any embarrassment.
Source —citinewsroom
