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Fix the killer bills – Ketu South ECG Consumers

Denu (VR), Aug 8, GNA- Scores of electricity consumers in Ketu South have taken to the streets to express their outrage and frustration over “unacceptable billing practices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).”

The demonstrators identified these practices to include overbilling, inaccurate estimations, and unlawful disconnections and called on the power distributor to “fix the killer bills” saying, “The anomalies in the billing system are hurting us to death.”

Wednesday’s demonstration, heavily policed from Victoria Park, Aflao to Denu near the ECG office saw the demonstrators clad in red, carrying placards with inscriptions including “Withdraw Your Billing Software”, “A Bill of GH¢729,637.60 for a Provision Store”, “Daylight Robbery” and “Denu ECG, Why Are You Maltreating Us?”

It also saw the demonstrators come along with the “outrageous bills” which were handed over to the Denu ECG Management together with the petition with the call on the company to resolve their issues on a ticket of urgency.

Madam Rejoice Adorsu, a middle-aged woman with difficulty in walking told Ghana News Agency (GNA) that she defied all odds to join the demonstration because she needed to come out and voice out her frustration as “I keep receiving outrageous bills and I don’t know how I’ll manage to pay them.”