Military officers rescue NEDCo staff locked up for disconnecting UDS from power supply
Heavily armed military men, on Thursday rescued NEDCo staff after they were locked up at UDS City Campus near Tamale Technical University, for disconnecting the school’s electricity over dept.
According to the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) staff, the University owed them huge electricity bills.
Due to the arrears owed, NEDCo decided to change the university’s postpaid meter to a prepaid meter so that the university gets power thus when they purchase it.
This decision was arrived at to put an end to NEDCo’s losses but the university was unfamiliar with the new development.
The Northern distribution company then decided to discuss the development with the institution and deployed workers to go ahead with the disconnection.
In an interview with Adom News, NEDCo Loss Control Supervisor, Samuel Kumi said, UDS City Campus owes NEDCo as much as GH ₵447,000 and they were sent to disconnect their power.
According to the Loss control supervisor, “upon the disconnection, the security and staff of the school locked the main gate of the campus and ordered them to reconnect the lights or they wouldn’t allow them out.”
Mr. Kumi stated that he reported the problem to management, adding that the military was called in to help them.
Meanwhile, the situation remains tense until the university pays a portion of the arrears accumulated, Adom News gathers.
Source: Ghana News
