ABOUT 13 per cent of electricity generated in the country is stolen.
At the regional level, the Ashanti Region is the most affected with 12 per cent generated power stolen through illegal connections.
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Mr Cephas Gakpo, who made this known, warned that the law would deal with offenders.
He was speaking at a forum in Kumasi, to brief customers about issues relating to electricity supply in the Ashanti Region and appealed to public to co-operate with the company to smoke out the criminals in the system.
He admitted that the company was facing many challenges including obsolete equipment and called on customers to pay their bills promptly to help address the challenges.
He said there was light at the end of the tunnel for the Ashanti Region because a tentative programme to improve electricity supply in the region took off two months ago.
He said within the next 18 months, the ECG’s numerous customers in the region would enjoy reliable supply.
Mr Gakpo said the African Development Bank (AfDB) was funding the construction of a second bulk supply point in the region.
The company, he said, was also constructing two substations at Feyiase and Fawode.
Again, the construction of five additional fully-furnished district offices at Suame and New Edubiase were ongoing.
He said the ECG was replacing credit metres with Split-Type Pre-paid metres in the Ashanti Region.
The ECG’s construction work on two customer service centres under the Ghana Energy Development and Access Project at Pankrono and Juaso were to start soon, Mr Gakpo said.
Meanwhile, he said, an order had been placed for the importation of about 107,000 metre phases for onward distribution to customers in the region.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
ASSIST PRIVATE SCHOOLS (JUNIOR GRAPHIC, PAGE 6, MAY 12, 2010)
The Supreme Saviour International School at Tanoso, a suburb of Kumasi, has held its fourth graduation with a call on the government to assist private schools with logistics, as is done for public schools.
The Proprietor of the school, the Rt Rev Dr Moses Gyawu, addressing the gathering, said, “As private entities, we have an enormous task to develop the intellect of the children in our schools through education. Therefore, the government must come to our assistance with the needed logistics.”
He said both public and private schools had one aim, “to train our future leaders”, and, therefore, the government must aid private schools, pointing out that in some rural communities there were no public schools for the children in those localities to attend.
The Rt Rev Dr Gyawu said parents were the strong partners of private school in the business of building a vibrant society and advised them not to leave that duty to teachers alone.
Three students were honoured with awards. They are Joseph Omane Boakye, adjudged the Best Academic Student, while Morris Afriyie and Emmanuella Ampofo Twumasi received the Best Behaved Male Student and the Best Behaved Female Student awards, respectively.
The Proprietor of the school, the Rt Rev Dr Moses Gyawu, addressing the gathering, said, “As private entities, we have an enormous task to develop the intellect of the children in our schools through education. Therefore, the government must come to our assistance with the needed logistics.”
He said both public and private schools had one aim, “to train our future leaders”, and, therefore, the government must aid private schools, pointing out that in some rural communities there were no public schools for the children in those localities to attend.
The Rt Rev Dr Gyawu said parents were the strong partners of private school in the business of building a vibrant society and advised them not to leave that duty to teachers alone.
Three students were honoured with awards. They are Joseph Omane Boakye, adjudged the Best Academic Student, while Morris Afriyie and Emmanuella Ampofo Twumasi received the Best Behaved Male Student and the Best Behaved Female Student awards, respectively.
Sunday, May 9, 2010
FARMER BUTCHERED (GRAPHIC NSEMPA, MAY 10, 2010, PAGE 3)
By Collins Agyekum-Gyasi & Joseph Kyei-Boateng, Obuasi.
A SETTLER farmer has butchered another fifty-six-year-old settler farmer at Ankaase, near Ampunyase in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, to death over a piece of “kako” (salted meat).
The deceased, Borna, is alleged to have been butchered by Ebenezer, 19 years, some minutes after both of them had eaten a meal at the latter’s cottage in the evening of Thursday, April 15, 2010.
Graphic Nsempa sources indicate that both Ebenezer and the deceased lived in different cottages, about 20 metres apart and were neighbours who worked on the farms of different people at Ankaase.
According to the sources, the deceased bought a piece of ‘kako’ meat and hid it in his kitchen to be used later and left the cottage to visit another friend.
On his return, he passed through Ebenezer’s cottage and was invited to eat.
In the course of the meal, the deceased smelled kako in the soup but kept quiet and continued eating with his friend. He later left for his cottage in search of the salted meat he left there.
The sources alleged that after a futile search, the deceased returned to his friend to query him over the missing kako but Ebenezer did not take kindly to the question and got infuriated over the issue.
Being the older of the two, he however, left Borna and complained to the local Unit Committee.
Aware of his quick temper, the committee reported the case to the police at Ampunyase.
At the police station, both parties were allegedly ordered to return the following day, Friday, April 15, after statements had been taken from them.
On arrival at their cottages, Ebenezer, still burning with indignation, went to his cottage, picked a sharpened cutlass and attacked the deceased, inflicting several wounds on his body.
This paper learnt that when Ebenezer realised that Borna was dead, he chopped off the head, dumped the body into an abandoned galamsey pit behind the deceased’s kitchen and left for his cottage.
The following morning, the suspect allegedly crossed the Offin River to Dunkwa to source for some money from an old girl friend to bolt from the area but as fate had it, the sad news went round, the people organised themselves into a search party and went to the Dunkwa-On-Offin township to search for him.
When he was spotted by the group, they called the Dunkwa Railway Police who arrested the suspect and later handed him over to the Obuasi Central Police.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue of the Dunkwa Government Hospital awaiting autopsy.
Meanwhile the Obuasi Police has also picked the owner of the farm on which Ebenezer worked.
He is alleged to have lied to the police when they went in search of the accused. He was alleged to have told the police when they asked of the whereabouts of the suspect that, he had sent him to Tema on an errand.
A SETTLER farmer has butchered another fifty-six-year-old settler farmer at Ankaase, near Ampunyase in the Adansi South District of the Ashanti Region, to death over a piece of “kako” (salted meat).
The deceased, Borna, is alleged to have been butchered by Ebenezer, 19 years, some minutes after both of them had eaten a meal at the latter’s cottage in the evening of Thursday, April 15, 2010.
Graphic Nsempa sources indicate that both Ebenezer and the deceased lived in different cottages, about 20 metres apart and were neighbours who worked on the farms of different people at Ankaase.
According to the sources, the deceased bought a piece of ‘kako’ meat and hid it in his kitchen to be used later and left the cottage to visit another friend.
On his return, he passed through Ebenezer’s cottage and was invited to eat.
In the course of the meal, the deceased smelled kako in the soup but kept quiet and continued eating with his friend. He later left for his cottage in search of the salted meat he left there.
The sources alleged that after a futile search, the deceased returned to his friend to query him over the missing kako but Ebenezer did not take kindly to the question and got infuriated over the issue.
Being the older of the two, he however, left Borna and complained to the local Unit Committee.
Aware of his quick temper, the committee reported the case to the police at Ampunyase.
At the police station, both parties were allegedly ordered to return the following day, Friday, April 15, after statements had been taken from them.
On arrival at their cottages, Ebenezer, still burning with indignation, went to his cottage, picked a sharpened cutlass and attacked the deceased, inflicting several wounds on his body.
This paper learnt that when Ebenezer realised that Borna was dead, he chopped off the head, dumped the body into an abandoned galamsey pit behind the deceased’s kitchen and left for his cottage.
The following morning, the suspect allegedly crossed the Offin River to Dunkwa to source for some money from an old girl friend to bolt from the area but as fate had it, the sad news went round, the people organised themselves into a search party and went to the Dunkwa-On-Offin township to search for him.
When he was spotted by the group, they called the Dunkwa Railway Police who arrested the suspect and later handed him over to the Obuasi Central Police.
The body of the deceased has been deposited at the morgue of the Dunkwa Government Hospital awaiting autopsy.
Meanwhile the Obuasi Police has also picked the owner of the farm on which Ebenezer worked.
He is alleged to have lied to the police when they went in search of the accused. He was alleged to have told the police when they asked of the whereabouts of the suspect that, he had sent him to Tema on an errand.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
SAVIOUR SCHOOL CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY (PAGE 38, MAY 1, 2010)
THE Supreme Saviour International School at Tanoso, a suburb of Kumasi, has held its fourth graduation anniversary with a call on the government to assist private schools in the supply of logistics to help train the human resource of the country.
The Proprietor of the school, Rt Revd Dr Moses Gyawu, addressing the gathering, said human capital represented the investment that the country yearned for in order to enhance economic productivity.
He said “as a private entity, we have an enormous task to upgrade human capital as the attribute gained by the student through education, and the government must come to our assistance in terms of logistics”.
Rev. Dr Gyawu said both public and private schools have one aim “to train our future leaders”, and as such the government should assist them with logistics.
He said parents were partners in the business of building a vibrant society and that they should not leave that duty to teachers.
He tasked them to see themselves as the ones who “must create a family atmosphere among the children, animated by love and respect for God and man in which the well-rounded personal and social education of children are fostered”.
Three students were honoured during the ceremony. They are Joseph Omane Boakye,who was adjudged the best academic student, while Morris Afriyie and Emmanuella Ampofo Twumasi received the best behaved male and female student awards respectively.
The Proprietor of the school, Rt Revd Dr Moses Gyawu, addressing the gathering, said human capital represented the investment that the country yearned for in order to enhance economic productivity.
He said “as a private entity, we have an enormous task to upgrade human capital as the attribute gained by the student through education, and the government must come to our assistance in terms of logistics”.
Rev. Dr Gyawu said both public and private schools have one aim “to train our future leaders”, and as such the government should assist them with logistics.
He said parents were partners in the business of building a vibrant society and that they should not leave that duty to teachers.
He tasked them to see themselves as the ones who “must create a family atmosphere among the children, animated by love and respect for God and man in which the well-rounded personal and social education of children are fostered”.
Three students were honoured during the ceremony. They are Joseph Omane Boakye,who was adjudged the best academic student, while Morris Afriyie and Emmanuella Ampofo Twumasi received the best behaved male and female student awards respectively.
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