The government has released GH¢5 million to pay off the electricity bills of Second Cycle schools, according to sources from the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) who spoke to Citi News.
This comes after the ECG national task force cut off the power supply to Accra Academy, one of the affected schools, over a GH¢400,000 debt.
The students of Accra Academy have been studying with torchlights since the disconnection, which has disrupted their academic activities.
The Free SHS Secretariat has intervened and approved the payment of the overdue bills to restore the power to the school.
However, as of now, the school is still in the dark, Citi News reports.
A teacher, who wished to remain anonymous, said that some of the teachers who live on campus also had their power disconnected. The teacher added that the school is not in charge of paying the bills, and they do not know how much they owe the ECG.
Paul Agraga, the head of prosecution at ECG, told Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM that the disconnection is part of a nationwide operation to collect unpaid bills from customers.
He said that Accra Academy is not the only school that owes the ECG, and that they owe more than GH¢400,000.
He also denied that the ECG is singling out the school, and said that the company has to pay its own debts to its suppliers.
He said that the ECG does not discriminate between customers, and that anyone who owes them will be disconnected, regardless of their status or institution.
He said that the ECG is conducting the operation across various homes, businesses, and institutions that have not paid their bills.
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