Tensions rise at Krobo as Nuaso villagers clash with the soldiers and an ECG team.
There is strain in Nuaso, a suburb of the Lower Manya Krobo Municipality in the Eastern locale following a showdown between a few upsetting occupants who immediately challenged the presence of the military and the establishment of prepaid meters without commitment with the local area.
The unstable air constrained the military and the staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, to withdraw from the area.
Be that as it may, the ECG group and the military returned in the early evening to proceed with the activity.
Adjoining occupants from Kpongunor who as of late set out on a comparable dissent prepared and raged Nuaso to help individuals to oppose the military and ECG authorities.
The military and the ECG group detecting vicious showdown again withdrew having drawn in the bosses and Assembly individuals nearby for a local area commitment on the activity Tuesday before they continue.
Assemblymember for Nuaso Raymond Newton said the occupants in the space need schooling on the prepaid meters in this way confident that the local area commitment settled upon with ECG Tuesday will deescalate pressure locally.
He anyway spoke to ECG to reestablish capacity to the local area after it purportedly turned off the power supply to the local area following the obstruction.
Parliament guided the Defense Minister to quickly pull out the tactical work force helping the establishment of prepaid meters at Lower Manya Krobo
The mandate was allowed continuously Deputy Speaker, Andrew Amoako Asiamah, on Friday, June 24 after the Member of Parliament for the area, Ebenezer Okletey Terlabi raised the matter on the floor of the house, demonstrating that the presence of the tactical men is uplifting strains locally.
"We are likewise coordinating that the Minister for Defense pulls out the military attaché nearby until further notice for us to address specific matters, I so immediate." the second delegate speaker coordinated.
Around 50 military faculty have been conveyed to the Krobo region to give security to the staff of the Electricity Company of Ghana, ECG, as it replaces all postpaid meters with prepaid meters on June 14, 2022
Notwithstanding, as per Sakyiwaa Mensah, Public Relations Officer for ECG Tema Region, the military is offering specialized help since they are going through a boost instructional class at ECG preparing school.
In the mean time the Director of Customer Service, Anokye Abebreseh told the media in Koforidua on Monday, June 13, 2022, that escalated commitment have been finished with all partners in the Krobo region consequently was anticipating most extreme collaboration on the establishment of prepaid meters.
"Simply last week we met, a three sided sort of a panel containing Electricity organization, National Security and United Krobo Foundation. We met and the arrangement is that ECG going to introduce prepaid meters beginning from tomorrow for which we all have concurred .so come tomorrow (Tuesday) we will convey our men to the field to begin the establishment of prepayment meters. We have done a ton of partners commitment so essentially until further notice quiet is winning so come tomorrow fourteenth of June we will begin organization of prepayment meters " said Anokye Abebreseh
The establishment of prepaid meters comes following quite a while of the stalemate between Krobo occupants and ECG which swelled into devasting assaults on the ECG office in Somanya and prompted a dangerous conflict with police. The ECG office has since been closed down.
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