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ECG to deploy 24-hour task force to crack down on illegal connections
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced a nationwide crackdown on illegal electricity connections as part of efforts to improve revenue collection and...
ECG recovers GH¢4.39m from illegal connections in 2025
The Ashanti West Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) recovered GH¢4,388,264.59 in 2025 from customers who made illegal power connections.
The amount is...
GWL to reshuffle 41 District Managers amid illegal connections crackdown – MD
The Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Adam Mutawakilu, has announced that 41 district managers will be reassigned by January 15, 2026, as...
GWL MD reveals half of Ghana’s Water is lost to leakages, illegal connections
Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited (GWL), Adam Mutawakilu, has revealed that more than half of the water produced by the company is unaccounted...
Illegal connections, government debts among challenges facing Ghana water – Communications Manager
Stanley Martey, Communications Manager at the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), has revealed that illegal water connections and delayed payments from government institutions are...
GWL disconnects Standard Water, others in crack down on illegal connections in Kasoa
The Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has disconnected Standard Water Company and several commercial water operators in Kasoa after a joint enforcement exercise uncovered widespread...
PUWU reacts to ACEP’s alleged illegal connections claims
The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Ghana has dismissed allegations of illegal connections against workers of the Electricity...
Illegal connections should be formally recognised as criminal offenses – ECG boss
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Masubir Mahama, has urged Parliament to criminalise the illegal bypassing and theft...
ECG warns customers against illegal connections
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has warned customers who engage in illegal connections to stop or face the full rigors of the law...
NEDCo loses GH¢3.7m to illegal connection
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo) has recorded a GH¢3.7 million loss to illegal power connections in the Northern region.
The Managing Director, Osman Ayuba...
Ashanti West ECG uncovers 74 illegal connections
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ashanti West Region, has uncovered 74 illegal connections in the first quarter of 2024.
The discovery was made...
ECG attributes Obuasi ‘dumsor’ to illegal connection
The Manager of the Obuasi Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ing. Albert Adjabeng, has attributed the recent widespread power outages in Obuasi to illegally...
Abena Osei-Asare links ‘dumsor’ to illegal connections
Minister of State-designate for Finance, Abena Osei-Asare has blamed the intermitted power outage known in local parlance as 'dumsor' to illegal connections.
During her vetting...
ECG Ashaiman District uncovers 130 illegal connections
The Ashaiman District of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has discovered a total of 130 illegal connections within its operational area over a...
ECG unveils aggressive campaign against illegal connections
The Director of Communication for the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng, has announced a tough initiative to combat illegal connections.
Mr. Boateng revealed...
ECG drags five customers to court over illegal connection
Five customers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) including PrinMoss Pharmacy at Sefwi Asawinso in the Sefwi Wiawso Municipality of the Western North...
Residents who report illegal connections to get 6% of total debt – ECG MD
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has instituted a reward package for citizens who report illegal connections...
ECG arrests over 1,550 for illegal connections
An operation carried out by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Tema Region shows that 1,555 illegal connections were detected in February,...
ECG considers jail term for illegal connection and other offences
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has hinted it is considering jail term for customers who access power illegally, engage in meter bypassing, power...
52 nabbed for illegal connection in Accra West
The Electricity Company of Ghana Ltd (ECG), Accra West Region, has uncovered the activities of 52 customers engaged in various forms of illegal connections.
The...
ECG disconnects Osu Police Barracks over illegal connection
Three blocks at the police barracks at Osu in Accra have been disconnected over an illegal connection (connected power directly without a meter) by...
ECG’s swoop in Nungua District identifies 48 illegal connections
The Tema Region of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has adopted swoop as part of measures to help account for power customers are...
Ya Na warns Dagbon over illegal connections
The King of Dagbon, Ndan Ya Na Abubakari II, has sent a strong warning to the people of Dagbon to desist from engaging in...
3 granted GH₵60,000 bail for illegal connection
Three unemployed young men have been granted a bail of GH₵20,000 with one surety each by an Accra Circuit Court for allegedly engaging in...
GWCL cuts water supply to over 20 houses at Chorkor over illegal connections
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has disconnected 20 houses at Chorkor from the national water supply system after the occupants were found to...
ECG loses $400m to illegal connections
Energy Minister, Dr Matthew Opoku-Prempeh, has disclosed that the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) loses about $400 million to illegal connections.
Sharing the data at...
Obuasi ECG arrests 12 persons for illegal connection
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) stationed at Obuasi in the Ashanti Region has facilitated the arrest of 12 persons for illegal connection.
This...
Accra West ECG loses ¢3.9million in nine months through illegal connections
The Accra West Region Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has lost close to GH¢4 million over the past nine months of 2021 through illegal...
Police command visits assaulted ‘illegal connection’ victims, apologises to them
The Northern Regional Police Command has visited persons who were assaulted by police officers who escorted NEDCO workers to fish out persons engaged in...
Report customers who engage in illegal connections – GWCL urges public
The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has encouraged the public to report illegal water connections to help reduce the cost of producing potable water.
Managing...
This is how much power distributors lose to illegal connections annually
Illegal connections in Ghana’s electricity distribution system are denying electricity distributors more than GH¢1.3 billion annually.
The loss constitutes an average extra cost of 15Gp...
ECG must undo illegal connections at market places – Fire Service
The Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS) has called on the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to undo illegal connections at market places to avert...
ECG begins night swoops to clamp down illegal connections
The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced plans
to commence night swoops to clamp down on illegal users of power in Ghana.
The exercise is...
ECG retrieves GH¢200,000 from illegal connections at Dansoman
The Dansoman District Office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has, since January this year, retrieved more than GH¢200,000 from customers who were...
Ghana Water uncovers Illegal water connection at mineral water factory in Klagon
Officials of Ghana Water Limited (GWL) have uncovered an illegal water connection at a mineral water production facility in the Klagon area near Tema.Â
The...
GWL MD identifies Kasoa as major hub of illegal water connections
Managing Director of Ghana Water Limited, Adam Mutawakilu, has revealed that Kasoa and Budumburam are major hotspots for illegal water connections, including unauthorised operations...
GWL uncovers GH¢5.5m illegal water connections in four months
Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has uncovered illegal water connections worth an estimated GH¢5.5 million over a four-month period, following intensified enforcement operations in collaboration...
GWL uncovers illegal water connection at Adwoa Wangara apartment in Cantonments
Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has uncovered an illegal water connection syndicate at the Adwoa Wangara apartment complex located in Cantonments, Greater Accra.
This discovery is...
Five arrested in Ashanti region for illegal water connections
Ghana Water Limited (GWL) in the Ashanti South Region, in collaboration with the Kumasi Central Police Service, has arrested five individuals for their alleged...
Man, 41, arrested over illegal power connection valued at Gh¢156k
The New Weija Police Command has arrested Jackson Ekow, a 41-year-old electrician, and sub-contractor for the Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) for aiding...