Accra Academy was disconnected from the power grid by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) due to an outstanding debt of GH¢400,000, according to ECG officials.

The disconnection, which led to a campus-wide power outage on Monday, February 19, also affected some on-campus teachers.

A teacher, speaking anonymously, clarified that the school is not directly responsible for settling the debt and that they are unaware of the specific amount owed to the power distribution company.

Paul Agraga, the head of prosecution at ECG, explained in an interview with Bernard Avle on the Citi Breakfast Show on Citi FM that the disconnection was part of an ongoing initiative to recover outstanding payments owed to the company.

“Normally, we have a team that goes around once a while to inform our customers of their debts so they do not accumulate and so if you take Accra Academy for example, they owe in excess of GH¢400,000 to the ECG.”

He further explained and dismissed allegations that the ECG is deliberately targeting the school. He stressed that the company also owes its partners, which it has to pay, indicating that the disconnection was part of the company's broader efforts to manage its finances and recover outstanding debts.

“We did not specifically target Accra Academy, it is an ongoing operation we are conducting, and a number of homes, businesses, and institutions have also suffered the same fate.

“The no-free consumption does not discriminate at all and once you owe, you will be disconnected. It does not matter whether it is Parliament or a security service because we also owe people that we have to pay.”