Citizens who aid the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) address the issue of illegal connections in the country stand a chance of earning some money.
The ECG has pledged to give whistleblowers 6% commission on the money recovered during its operation to clamp down illegal connection.
Engaging the media on Monday on Peace FM’s Kokorkoo morning show, Managing Director of ECG, Samuel Dubik Mahama, made this known.
“It is 6%, you get a 6% commission. We are coming to publicise it. If you report anyone for engaging in illegal connection you will be given 6% out of the recovered bill,” he is quoted to have said by Ghanaweb.
ECG recovers GH¢2.5 billion
Over a month ago, ECG commenced a nationwide exercise to recover some GH¢5.7 billion owed by its customers in unpaid bills.
The exercise according to ECG has so far led to the recovery of about half of the said amount.
According to Mr Dubik, the exercise had become necessary as the debt situation had reached worrying levels, thus it had become important to ensure that revenue was improved to preserve the integrity of the company.
He said while the company had an idea about the debt situation, the picture was better painted after ECG upgraded its digitalization process, hence the need to reverse the situation before it negatively affected operations.