According to the Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Mahama, the company discovered that over 15,000 of its customers in Kwabenya were tapping electricity illegally.

“We carried out 'Know Your Customer Drive' in Kwabenya, and we found out that we had over 15,000 customers that we didn’t know,” he said.

He made this known while speaking to Asaase radio on Wednesday.

The ECG boss noted that the power producer has now turned its attention to Adenta.

"We are tagging everybody with a unique QR code, …we want it to be coded so we can have a tailor-made service for you," he added.

Meanwhile, the managing director of the ECG has served notice to defaulting customers and organisations that it will soon start naming and shaming to further its revenue mobilisation drive.

Appearing on the Asaase Breakfast Show on Wednesday (22 March), Samuel Mahama, said people calling to intervene on behalf of defaulters should desist.

He said “the phone calls should stop because, at the end of the day, you have to do the right thing. Let’s not politicise this.

“As for the calls, they keep coming because we have realised that we are so quick to point out when it comes to state agencies that haven’t paid.

“So, next week if they don’t pick up the slack, we are going to do that name and shame for the people of Ghana to see who the major culprits are.”