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ECG cuts power supply to K Poly over Ghc652,000 debt

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  • Yaw Boamah 9 years ago

    The damn electricity tariff is too high

  • DAN 9 years ago

    put pre-paid meters on every building

  • NANA future Dr. 9 years ago

    Being a proactive manager means you please don't wait till this crucial time. Also don't only disconnect K-poly endeavor to disconnect all the government agencies and palaces including your own offices if you have not paid to ...
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  • Okwaduo 9 years ago

    We support you fully but don't leave your own offices out of the exercise. Public hospitals are the only exception, private ones must pay!

  • senior citizen Germany Braunschweig. 9 years ago

    Why have these institutions refused to pay their electricity blls,knowing that the company also have responsibility to pay their staff and workers and other expences.Individual costomers are forced to pay their bills promptly ...
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  • Rudy 9 years ago

    Ghana is a hopeless country..always the president have problem common utility bills schools can't pay how much more individuals.I'm ashame of being a Ghanaian

  • NIMA 9 years ago

    Its a shame that education in Ghana never yield fruit , , i think its whole African , How can a whole poly dont have way to generate their own power, none of the poly tech school were able to do this , In china even a farm u ...
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  • Abraham 9 years ago

    Very sad country poor people are force to pay the electricity bills and the rich and government institutions are consuming it freely. The best way is to sell it to private company like most of development nations.if you go to ...
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  • Samuel 9 years ago

    I hope he really mean what he's saying

  • Dan Buduh 9 years ago

    The first reaction when I read this article was why should ECG wait till 652,000 before disconnection? How much is the monthly bill of Kumasi Poly? Supposing the monthly bill is 100,000 it follows that the bill is six and hal ...
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  • yaw 9 years ago

    I always say that all institutions in Ghana must be audited by various university students and see what they will come up with

  • esi atta 9 years ago

    No one should be exempted from paying for whatever they consume, not even the thieving John Mahama & his criminal accomplices in the guise of ministers! There's no reason why ordinary, struggling workers pay their bills when ...
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  • esi atta 9 years ago

    No one should be exempted from paying for whatever they consume, not even the thieving John Mahama & his criminal accomplices in the guise of ministers! There's no reason why ordinary, struggling workers pay their bills when ...
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  • mr amin 9 years ago

    car n some equipment u use is expensive for ordinary ghanians.cos u factor all in to our bills. a lot of wastage at ecg.

  • Michael K. Tettevi 9 years ago

    Better think of investing in solar energy since it is very much abundant and more economic.

  • Joseph Baffoe 9 years ago

    Do you render good services? Ask your self ECG.
    Do The Public Take You To Court for damages your Erratic Power Supply cause to their equipments, etc?
    Straighten up because in Ghana Corporate Companies hides under the cloa ...
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  • DAN 9 years ago

    due to under voltage and over voltage..and un-advertized shedding can cause computer hard drive failure

  • John 9 years ago

    And yet they strike for salaries, and blame gov't when they cannot fulfill their own obiligations Why can't the Poly generate its own electricity?

  • korkuu 9 years ago

    Yes disconect dem nd pay us well

  • Kweku Boateng Jnr. 9 years ago

    Kumasi Polytechnic must pay the bill and seek alternatives, for example, rooftop solar energy which many educational institutions in the US and Europe are partly using to reduce cost. This is a technical institution and profe ...
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  • Mansah 9 years ago

    The era of free, free free is over you use it, you pay for it...that simple, it may mean the fees may have to be jacked up to pay for these utilities... how much is owed for water???

  • FRANCIS OKUDZETO 9 years ago

    Why dont u fix prepaid meters? This is common sence. You have gone to disconect power and if they dont pay you send them to court and let innocent students surfer. Go aheard.