Accra, March 23, GNA – Thieves have vandalised and stolen parts of a newly installed transformer of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) that serves residents of Dunyo, a suburb of Ga West Municipal Assembly in the Greater Accra Region.
The ECG said it had made a report at the Pokuase Police Station.
It said the installation of the 200KVA pole-mounted transformer was to relieve the existing overloaded transformer, which served residents of the Dunyo community, after the community had complained of erratic power challenges, including low voltage and power fluctuations during peak hours.
The 200KVA transformer is estimated at GH¢39,000.00.
Mr Emmanuel Ankrah, ECG Accra West Regional Engineer, said the Company was conducting some pre-commissioning tests to pave way for the connection to the grid when the transformer was vandalised.
“Before we could complete the tests, some thieves, in the cover of darkness, dropped the transformer from the poles, vandalised it and stole the copper windings in the transformer,” he lamented and pleaded with the public to report anyone who interfered with any of ECG’s installations.
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