Some businesses in Kumasi including the Radio and TV stations of the Ashanti regional Chairman of the NPP Bernard Antwi Boasiako popularly known as Chairman Wontumi have been caught by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for power theft.
Wontumi Radio and TV, according to sources, are indebted to the power company in excess of GHC300,000.
The company is accused of illegal connection.
Sources familiar with the development told Starr News the ECG visited the facility and other businesses in the area on a tip off and found over 100 people culpable of power theft.
“Our regional manager always pushes the public affairs unit to go public any time we arrest people for stealing ECG power, but when Wontumi station was disconnected for power theft he is quiet about the development and he is secretly negotiating to cover the rot because the media house belongs to a politician. This style of business management is why ECG is not meeting its revenue target’’ the source said.
Responding to the matter, the General Manager of Wontumi Communications Limited known widely in Kumasi as Away Bus confirmed ECG detected the illegal connection but noted the said meter was tampered with before the company bought and moved into the building.
He explained the meter has been replaced by the ECG.
”Unfortunately, I don’t have the bill off-head, they earlier gave us about Three Hundred Thousand Cedis bill (GHC.300,000) to pay then they later reduced it to over one hundred thousand Ghana Cedis. I’m surprised this issue has entered into the media”.
He added “It will surprise you to notice that ECG has commenced collection of the debt. The first power we bought from ECG since the issue begun the system deducted 40 per cent of the money to recover the debt. This means we have started the payment process so why do you take us to the media?.
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