The Electricity Company of Ghana has cut power to the Keta Municipal Health Directorate, which also houses the municipality’s vaccine storage facility.
This is part of the power distributor’s nationwide revenue mobilisation effort to recover over 5 billion cedis from its debtors.
The disconnection in Keta has raised concerns that vital vaccines, including recently received vaccines to prevent three childhood killer diseases, may go bad after some time.
This is in spite of the government designating certain health facilities, such as vaccine stores, operating rooms, medical laboratories, designated pharmacies, and consulting rooms, as critical and strategic locations where power outages must not occur.
Earlier this week, the task force severed ties with Fabrimetal Company over a GH28 million debt following an inconclusive engagement with management.
The Ghana Electricity Company has stated that it will not spare any private company, state institution, or residential property that fails to pay its bills.
According to Laila Abubakari, ECG’s manager of external communications, the company owes its power producers more than $5 billion, putting the company in an awkward position not to pursue its debtors.
