While working to restore power supply to some parts of the capital city, Accra, so as to ease the intermittent power cuts, some angry local at Kokrobite pounced on workers of Power Distribution Service (PDS), which recently took over the management of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), and unleased their anger on them, cutting one staff’s nose with a machete in the attack on Saturday, 16 March 2019.
The cutlassed PDS staff had to be rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.
It is not clear what triggered the attack on the PDS staff but a communication consultant with the Energy Ministry, Nana Damoah, took to Facebook to appeal to Ghanaians to be tolerant of PDS staff.
“We plead with all Ghanaians and consumers of power to please be a bit more considerate in their actions. Yesterday, as staff of PDS/ECG worked to restore power to residents around Krokrobite, they were attacked and beaten. One of the men working to restore power sustained a cutlass wound on his nose. This is very unfortunate.
“As various teams are out in the field working to restore power in the problematic areas, please let’s guarantee their safety, so, they can deliver for us. It is essential for our own good”, he said.
Power supply has been erratic in the past few days as a result of a technical problem caused by some construction work on the Pokuase stretch.
It has caused power transmitter Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) to as ask PDS to shed power for 10 hours until early next week.
Source: Class News
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THIS IS THE WAY POLITIC WOULD SEND US. IF THE ECG FAILED GHANAIAN IT WAS THE PDS THAT COULD DO THE WORK. LOOK AT THE AQUA VIRAND TAKE OVER FROM GHANA WATER. TELL ME WHAT DID THEY COME TO DO. NOW, WHAT CAPITAL ARE THE PDS BRINGING THAT GHANA AS A COUNTRY CAN NOT RAISE. NPP SAID IF THEY COME WOULD ERADICATE DUMSOR. NOTHING NEW. THE PDS SHOULD RATHER SHED LOAD TO SAVE THE BADGES MAHAMA BROUGHT TO ERADICATE DUMSOR OR THE WORSE WOULD HAPPEN. SORRY TO THE INNOCENT PDS WORKER. NOW THE NPP IS CALLING FOR CONSUMERS TO BE A LITTLE BIT CONSIDERATE. DID THEY NOT KNOW THERE WAS INTERMITTENT MAINTENANCE THAT CAUSED SOME OF THESE LIGHT OUTS. YOU PLAYED POLITICS WITH IT AND NOT IT IS YOUR TURN.
The people of Kokrobites must not get electricity for one month for beating the staff who was just doing his work.
No matter the extent of provocation, we must condemn the acts of the Kokrobites in no uncertain terms. Oh, how I wish the IGP is allowed to arrest and lock-up frustration in the country. Over to you, the Economic Management Team.