As part of ECG’s corporate social responsibility, the management of the Krobo District branch of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has repaired some of the roads in the Somanya township in the Yilo Krobo Municipality of the Eastern Region in partnership with the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
Workers from ECG, GAF, and the Yilo Krobo Municipal Assembly, led by the municipal chief executive (MCE), Eric Tetteh, and Christopher Apawu, the acting Krobo District Manager of ECG, worked on the roads from Djaba to Akweteman in the Somanya township.
The Tema Region ECG Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mary Sakyiwa Mensah, who spoke to the media on behalf of the company after the work, emphasised the importance of maintaining roads on a regular basis to make them more motorable, owing to their utility to society in general, adding, “without good roads, we all suffer the consequences.”
She stated that the issue that arose between the firm and its consumers in the Krobo area last year had been resolved and that as the prepaid metres were erected for the clients, the company and its Krobo customers enjoyed a cordial relationship.
She explained that plans were now being made for consumers who did not receive the prepaid metres to be served.
She expressed gratitude to all parties involved, including the Energy Minister, the Energy Ministry, the Ghana Armed Forces, traditional authorities from both Yilo and Manya Krobo, religious leaders, ECG Management from the national, regional, and Krobo District, as well as the media, for their various roles in resolving the crisis.
MCE of Yilo Krobo, Eric Tetteh who completely participated in the event, was ecstatic to see the military and ECG workers, as well as some assembly workers, working together on the road.
During the power crisis in the Krobo area, the inhabitants perceived the military as people who came to beat and brutalise them, he recounted, adding, “Today, the same military persons are helping to fix our road, which is the source of my excitement.”
He commended the ECG for funding the activities, which improved the road in the neighbourhood and gave colour to the municipality’s May Day celebration.
Mr. Tetteh stated that the power that ECG gave to clients wherever in Ghana was purchased from energy producers, and he asked customers to ensure that they paid for the power they utilised in order for the company to be in business.
The MCE, on the other hand, begged ECG to cut the cost of extra metres that it was providing to customers in the area so that they could afford the payment.
