The electricity distribution companies in Ghana recently embarked on a mass debt recovery strategy, which has resulted in the retrieval of the highest sum of money from customers, with other state and private companies being disconnected over unpaid electricity tariffs.
Reacting to this, a communication team member of the opposition National Democratic Congress in the Tano South Constituency of the Ahafo region, Mr. Oga Kwashiga Arjololo, has expressed that the exercise being conducted by the ECG, NEDCo, and other electricity distribution companies in the country to ensure their debts are recovered from customers is a great initiative since some users of electricity have decided not to pay their bills.
He, however, insisted that they must ensure the delivery of quality and effective services to their clients, which, according to him, will compel them to willingly pay bills on time to prevent bill accumulation.
He bemoaned how power fluctuations in the country keep destroying properties and other electrical gadgets in various homes, which sometimes irritates customers with the payment of bills for unsatisfactory services being rendered.
Mr. Kwashiga added that electricity distribution companies must keenly follow the companies in the country and stop the continuous distraction of the ordinary citizen on light bills, indicating that the companies use more electric power and pay fewer bills, hence there is a need for their debts to be retrieved constantly.
He also urged the president to reduce the taxes he has levied against these companies, which, according to him, mostly affect their finances and lead to their inability to fully pay their electricity bills.
On his side, Hon. Isaac Osei Bonsu, former Assembly Member for Atekyem electoral area in the Tano South constituency and also a communication team member for the ruling NPP, blamed the authorities of the various electricity distribution companies for their failure to recover their debts on time but left them to accumulate to this extent before taking action.
He has therefore called on authorities and the citizenry to work hand in hand to ensure that everyone plays their roles well to generate electricity for the development of the country.