ECG ASSURES KUMASI OF STABLE POWER SUPPLY ..(Page 29)

Story: George Ernest Asare, Kumasi

The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has given the assurance of providing uninterrupted power supply to residents of the Kumasi Metropolis before, during and after the Ghana 2008 tournament to enable soccer fans in the metropolis enjoy every aspect of the tournament.
Briefing the Daily Graphic in an interview in Kumasi on the quality of power supply to residents, especially during the Ghana 2008 tournament, the Public Relations Officer of the company, Mr Williams Boateng, said the company had put structures in place to ensure that residents were provided with uninterrupted power during the tournament.
He said prior to the tournament, the company started a project to extend some of their underground cables, and this affected power supply to some suburbs in the metropolis.
He said since the project was planned, residents at the affected areas were given adequate notice to enable them to prepare for “ the planned power outages“
He said the affected areas were overloaded and that undermined the quality of power supply, hence their initiative to expand the underground cables network.
He said the project was yet to be completed, but because of the importance of the Ghana 2008 tournament and their desire to allow all residents to enjoy every aspect of the soccer fiesta, they had asked the contractor to suspend it and continue when the tournament was over.
“ We have done everything needed to be done to ensure that residents do not experience any power outages in the course of the tournament, because we cherish them . We are aware that the tournament would be played in the peak period of the evenings, so we have put two teams on duty during such periods so that they will readily attend to any fault reported”, he said.
Mr Boateng said previously, only one team attended to customers in the night “but we have now doubled it to ensure that they monitor the supply of power and attend to customers to reduce intervention time to the barest minimum”.
He said it was important for residents to contact the fault section of the company in case of any power outages for their power to be restored.
He stressed that “ customers should not think that the ECG will know when there is any power outage in their residential areas and that it is important for customers to notify us as soon as possible to ensure that they are readily attended to”.
“ This is an international assignment and the image of the company is at stake, so we are poised to be equal to the task by providing uninterrupted power supply to residents”, he said further.
He said it was important for residents to conserve power during the peak period by putting off electrical appliances that might not be needed during the period.