Residents of Somanya in the Eastern Region have embarked on a demonstration to agitate against high electricity bills from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
Scores of aggrieved customers were seen holding placards with inscriptions, “We don’t want you, ECG,” “We want VRA,” “Freedom from ECG,” “We will not pay bills” “ECG move from Krobo lands” among others.
Some of the demonstrators who spoke to Atinka News’ Maame Akosua expressed their displeasure with the high electricity bills the Electricity Company of Ghana assigns to residents in Somanya.
They accused the Electricity Company of Ghana of providing faulty prepaid meters to residents which is taking a toll on their finances.
“We don’t want ECG. We want VRA. We want to be free from ECG. How can we pay bills as much as GHS10,000 and GHS5,000. This is outrageous. We will react by not paying bills should our pleas be left unheard”, some of the angry residents told Maame Akosua.
The demonstrators marched through selected streets of Somanya and presented a petition to the management of the Volta River Authority (VRA).
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“These people here are not salaried workers who can afford the levels of bills churned out by ECG in the area,” they emphasised. Why should we have VRA operating on Krobo lands for us to be enrolled on ECG platforms for us to be paying huge bills,” they said.
The Electricity Company of Ghana is yet to react to the demonstration.
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