The Sunyani Area of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) says it has intensified revenue collection efforts to recover GH¢30 million outstanding bills within its operational area.
Mr Eugene Odoi Addo, the Sunyani Area Manager of the NEDCo, described the outstanding bills as challenging, impeding efforts to supply electricity.
In an interview with the media on the side-lines of the company’s on-going mass revenue mobilization and loss control exercise at Tepa in the Ahafo Ano North Municipality of the Ashanti Region, Mr Addo said the company had set up and dispatched operational teams to recover the debts from customers.
The exercise is part of a broader initiative aimed at recovering a minimum of GH¢2 million in Tepa which is only a small portion of the total GH¢30 million debts, he explained, and urged customers to pay bills promptly.
“Non-payment of bills hinders NEDCo’s operations and affects the level of service delivery to customers, “he stated, adding, “when customers fail to pay their bills, it hampers our ability to maintain our equipment, promptly address faults, and make necessary improvements in the power supply system.”
Mr Addo explained that the Tepa exercise was a crucial component of the company’s revenue mobilization and loss control initiative, saying the exercise would be extended to other towns in the area.
He said customers who failed to settle their debts would be disconnected, saying the company was focusing on residential properties and private businesses for now.
Mr Addo said the Pro Royal, a local establishment, was disconnected due to an accumulated debt of GH¢20,710 saying several households at the Tepa Zongo also owed the company between GH¢11,000 and GH¢14,000.
The team also disconnected the Nana Adu Drinking Pub at Tepa-Wioso, for owing an accumulated bill amounting to GH¢23, 270.
GNA
