The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has assured the Ghana Armed Forces that, military installations and barracks would continue to enjoy uninterrupted power supply, to enhance their security operations.
Mr George Amoah, the Ashanti West Regional General Manager of the ECG, who gave the promise, said the military was one of the critical institutions that was normally prioritised in the distribution of electricity in the country.
The ECG would, therefore, continue to work to ensure that stable power supply was always provided to military installations.
Mr Amoah gave the assurance when he led a team from the region to visit the Fourth Infantry Battalion (4BN) at Kumasi.
The visit was to strengthen the already existing cordial relationship between the ECG and the military.
It was also part of the company’s efforts to deepen relationships and offer better services to its stakeholders in the region and the entire country.
The two organisations discussed issues that disrupted the operations of the military in the region in terms of stable electricity supply.
Mr Amoah said a team of workers from the ECG patrolled the distribution line that supplied power to the 4BN, to identify defects that needed to be addressed as part of efforts to improve power supply.
He said the defects identified by the team included weak jumpers, rotten poles, outgrown vegetation, and undersized conductors.
Mr Amoah assured that the defects would be addressed immediately to ensure that the command had stable, quality and safe power supply.
He disclosed that the ECG had designated the Complex Feeder, which supplied power to the military command as an essential distribution line.
Intervention measures would soon be rolled out to strengthen the network to ensure a stable power supply to the military.
He thanked the 4BN for deploying officers to assist the ECG to digitise its assets during the implementation of the Customer Assets and Information Management System (CAIMS) project over the last few years.
Lieutenant (Lt) Colonel (Col) Jenuni Emmanuel Wumbiedow, the Commanding Officer of the Four Infantry Battalion (4BN), commended the management of the ECG for improving communication to the public and the Command.
He again, applauded the ECG for always responding to the call of the military whenever electricity supply to the 4BN was disrupted.
“As military personnel, we need constant electricity supply, as our operations would be difficult without it, especially, at night when we have to safeguard our equipment,” Lt Col. Wumbiedow said.
He assured the ECG that the command was ready to cooperate with them in any way they could, to ensure improved supply of electricity to the command and the region.
GNA
