By Opesika Tetteh Puplampu, GNA
Mahem-Ada, March 13, GNA – The electrocution of a three-year-old boy at Mahem, a community near Koluedor in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region, has ignited complaints by community members over delay in electricity extension to parts of the community.
According to residents, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) installed electricity poles and transformers in the area for close to a year, but the community was yet to be officially connected to the national grid.
Some residents who spoke with the Ghana News Agency (GNA) said the delay had forced several households in newly developed sections of the community to resort to temporary and unsafe electricity connections.
They explained that some individuals used 1.5 mm cables to illegally tap power from nearby connections while waiting for the official extension by ECG.
They noted that during a heavy downpour in the evening of Tuesday, March 10, 2026, one of the cables reportedly snapped and hung loosely along a pathway within the community.
A three-year-old boy identified as Roland Amedor, who was playing with his peers, unknowingly stepped on the exposed live cable and was electrocuted.
Residents quickly rushed to his aid, and he was taken to a health facility for treatment.
The boy has since recovered.
Mr Ofori Apronti, the Assembly Member for the Matsekorpe Electoral Area, who confirmed the incident in an interview with the GNA, said the community had been facing serious challenges with electricity supply, particularly in the newly developed areas.
According to him, the ECG began the electricity extension project in August 2025 but only mounted poles and installed transformers without completing the cabling works.
He said he had been informed that the contractor working on the project had not been paid, resulting in the abandonment of the extension works.
Mr Apronti, therefore, called on the ECG and the relevant authorities to urgently intervene and complete the project to prevent future incidents.
GNA
Edited by Laudia Anyorkor Nunoo/Benjamin Mensah