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The Electricity Company of Ghana, (ECG), has restored power to the Yilo Krobo and Lower Manya Krobo municipalities in the Eastern Region.
This comes after the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) had a successful engagement with the major stakeholders in the area.
Residents of the area have not had electricity since Monday, December 6, 2021. This was after ECG relocated its Somanya office to Juapong earlier this month following threats on the lives of its staff.[ads2]
There was tension between the youth in the area and the officials of the ECG over a supposed wrong billing.
This led to to a mammoth demonstration organized a group called the united Krobo Foundation, over the introduction of prepaid electricity meters.[ads3]
They had protested that the installation of prepaid metres will further aggravate tensions between the people and ECG.
To ensure peace and stability in the area, the IGP visited the area, cautioned the residents to avoid acts of vandalism[ads4]
“If you have any mindset for destruction, I want to urge you to stop it because you will be destroying your own future and if you see someone with a mindset of destruction, and you don’t advise them to stop it, whatever he or she destroys will come and affect you.”
“If you choose not to stop it or tell the others to stop it, we (Police) will come for them, and we will do it in a manner and a way that nobody will appreciate it.”[ads5]
