IGP INSTRUCTS POLICE COMMANDERS NOT TO ALLOW ECG PERSONNEL ACCESS THEIR PREMISES, ACCORDING TO A LEAKED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION.

According to reports, the Ghana Police Service has asked its regional commanders to make sure that no representative of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) is permitted to enter any police station under their control for the sole reason of inspecting electrical connections or engaging in any other activity.

The directive, according to a leaked police wireless message published on Twitter by Oliver Barker- Vormawor, a convener for the #FixTheCountry Movement, was issued by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Dr George Akuffo Dampare, and must be followed strictly.

The wireless message also mentioned that the ECG would receive a letter stating when its personnel will visit police sites for inspections and other operations.

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"INGPOL DIRECTS ALL REGIONAL COMMANDERS NOT TO ALLOW ANY ECG OFFICIALS INTO POLICE FACILITIES WITHIN YOUR JURISDICTIONS."DIV./DIS/UNIT COMMANDERS SHOULD ENSURE STRICT COMPLIANCE AND REPORT ANY SUCH CASE IMMEDIATELY TO REGIONAL COMMAND FOR REDRESSING. TREAT AS URGENT," the message stated in part.

Meanwhile, Samuel Mahama, Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), has stated that the next big effort after his organization's revenue-generation push would be pushing down unlawful connections in the nation.

According to him, the company will move from house to house and business to business looking for unlawful connections, and whoever is found guilty would face the full force of the law,

"Those who are involved in illegal connections, we're giving you a one-month head start to correct it because I'm not charging you with bypass, I'm charging you with theft, you've stolen," Samuel Mahama was reported on the Asaase Breakfast Show as saying. Because of an unapproved connection to the national grid, the ECG unplugged electricity to areas of the Osu Police Barracks in April

The ECG task group discovered the unlawful connections on three blocks of the barracks, where power was supplied directly without a meter...

The unlawful connections were found and removed during the ECG's regular patrols to reclaim consumer payments.

Laila Abubakarim, ECG's manager in charge of external communications, who was part of the team that visited the barracks, stated that due to the illegality, electricity had to be off to the three blocks.

"Because it's an illegal connection, we have the right to disconnect first before dealing with any issues."

The Ghana police would have to come to ECG, where a 12-month bill would be prepared for them.

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