The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has yet again announced the commencement of another nationwide revenue mobilization. This new initiative is known as “Operation Zero.”

In an official statement, the ECG stated that the exercise is expected to begin on July 11 and end on September 11, 2023. It is going to be a two-month campaign that aims to recover every outstanding debt to the last pesewa.

ECG emphasised that as part of the operation, it would thoroughly inspect customers' homes and all other power-consuming facilities.

During this exercise, ECG will grant a moratorium to all who are consuming electricity without paying for it, to allow them to visit their respective ECG offices for immediate regularisation of their supply.

The ECG will also collaborate closely with the security services, who will detain and prosecute anyone who attempts to obstruct the process. This mobilization exercise will add up to the previous exercises embarked on by the power company.

The Electricity Company of Ghana Limited (ECG) closed all its district, regional, and head offices on March 20, 2023, to embark on a month-long Nationwide Revenue mobilisation exercise that ended on April 20, 2023. The aim was to recover an amount of GH¢5.7 billion from its customers.

To intensify the action, the ECG again embarked on another mobilization exercise that commenced on June 26, 2023, and ended on Tuesday, July 4, 2023.

Meanwhile, the managing director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has toned down calls for the company's revenue collection function to be privatised.

On the heels of the current deadlock between the government and the Chamber of Independent Power Producers (IPPs), this suggestion was made by some analysts.

Mr. Mahama also argued that ECG is doing better now than when it was under Power Distribution Services (PDS) Limited.

Speaking in an interview with Citi TV, Mr Mahama mentioned that the company in its current state, is doing well.

Nevertheless, he acknowledged that there are issues that must be solved before the privatisation discussion can legitimately begin, especially if the company continues to post losses.

“ECG is doing far better now than when it was under PDS and there are certain operational dynamics that if we fix today, and we realise that there are still gaps in it, that is when we can start talking about privatisation.

“The calls for privatisation are too early because if you are privatising a company, and you don’t know the total number of customers, and you give it out, you have given out a gold mine,” he noted.