ECG is not responsible for your street lights – ECG PRO

The Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana, William Boateng, has disclosed that his outfit does not have responsibility for the street lights in the country.

He explained that even though the ECG is responsible for the collection of street light levies, it is not the entity that decides what the money is used for.

“The law mandates us to collect those [street] levies but after collection, the law doesn’t mandate us to use the levies collected for the maintenance of street lights; our only role is the collection,” he said on Accra-based Adom FM.

His comments come after many Ghanaians complained of the poor lighting on the streets in the country.

The PRO said such anger at the ECG is misdirected since they do not have anything to do with the situation.

According to him, part of the monies collected is used to pay for the cost of functional street lights with the rest given to the government for maintenance works.

In the Auditor General’s report it stated that most street lights are not working, meanwhile, the utility service provider paid over GH₵23 million to 13 non-existent contractors on December 31, 2015

However, the Director of Finance at ECG, Frank Anokwafo, said he was shocked at this development since neither the Auditor General Daniel Domelevo himself nor his staff came to them for any documents before putting together the report.

“We have looked at the cheques being talked about but they have no cheque numbers as all such cheques must have so we have doubts about the Auditor General’s claims,” he added.

ECG is not responsible for your street lights – ECG PRO

The Public Relations Officer of the Electricity Company of Ghana, William Boateng, has disclosed that his outfit does not have responsibility for the street lights in the country.

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