The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has seized over 900 fake electricity meters in Kumasi as part of efforts to reduce illegal connections in the region.
The meters that were seized mostly in the Kumasi metropolis do not bear the security features that are normally embossed on the original meters of the company, ECG officials in the region said.
The seized meters have been parked at the company’s regional store room at Danyame in Kumasi, TV3’s Ashanti regional correspondent Benjamin Aidoo reports.
The fake meters which mostly bore names like Ciemenz, Ciemans, Ciemens, officials said were imported into the country illegally.
Speaking in an interview with TV3, the Ashanti Regional Public Relations Manager of the ECG, Erasmus Kyere Baidoo said “six people are facing prosecution at the moment at the courts for illegal activities like power stealing, possession of fake meters and others’’.
He warned customers of the company to be cautious of people they deal with when it comes to issues related to electricity .
He also advised them to deal directly with the company’s officials to avoid coming into conflict with the law.
Erasmus Kyere Baidoo pointed out that, “there are some illegal activities that customers of the company have been engaging in over the years , because of that, we set up revenue protection unit with support from the police service to intensively work and arrest those people involved in the illegalities ‘’.
According to him, the company has been losing a lot of money through the use of fake meters and other illegal activities by customers over the years.
Source: 3news.com| Ghana