The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has disclosed that Accra Academy Senior High School was disconnected on Monday, February 19, 2024, from the power grid due to GH¢400,000 unsettled debt.
Speaking on Accra-based Citi FM, the head of the prosecution of the power company, Paul Agraga, revealed that the disconnection is part of an ongoing initiative to recover outstanding payments owed to the company, however, the disconnection has affected teachers on campus thus, clarified that the school is not directly responsible for settling the debt, and they are unaware of the specific amount owed to the power distribution company.
“Normally, we have a team that goes around once a while to inform our customers of their debts so they do not accumulate and so if you take Accra Academy for example, they owe more than GH¢400,000 to the ECG”, Mr. Agraga said.
He reiterated that the target was not solely on Accra Academy, but it was an operation targeted at all.
“We did not specifically target Accra Academy, it is an ongoing operation we are conducting, and a number of homes, businesses, and institutions have also suffered the same fate. The no-free consumption does not discriminate at all and once you owe, you will be disconnected. It does not matter whether it is Parliament or a security service because we also owe people that we have to pay”, he added.