The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has highlighted efforts to address the significant debt owed by senior high schools across the country to the ECG.
He revealed that the Director-General of the Ghana Education Service (GES) has scheduled a meeting with him to discuss a resolution to the matter.
According to Mahama, senior high schools owe ECG close to GHC45 million in arrears, with the nationwide debt totaling GHC2.5 billion. The disconnection of schools like Accra Academy from the national electricity grid was part of the company’s efforts to recover these outstanding debts.
In an interview with TV3, Mahama expressed hope that the meeting with the GES Director-General, Dr. Eric Nkansah, would lead to a long-lasting solution to the debt issues and establish a framework for handling similar situations in the future.
The disconnection of Accra Academy and other schools was necessary due to their unpaid debts, with Accra Academy owing over GHC400,000 alone. Paul Agraga, head of prosecution at ECG, clarified that such disconnections were part of ongoing efforts to recover outstanding payments owed to the company, emphasizing the importance of recovering these funds to pay off power producers.
Agraga dismissed suggestions that ECG was selectively targeting certain senior schools, stating that the company regularly informs customers of their debts to prevent accumulation.
