The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) has announced, certain areas in the capital, Accra, will experience power outages for a period of six days, starting today, May 8, 2020.

In a statement put out by ECG, the company stated, power interruption in these areas will be between the hours of 10pm and 1am and end on Thursday, May 14, 2020.

ECG explained, the six day period would be used to convey some transformers from the Tema Port to the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point (BSP) construction site.

“The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Limited wishes to inform the general public, especially our cherished customers in the under-listed areas that, to ensure safe conveyance of 145MVA transformers from the Tema Ports to the Pokuase Bulk Supply Point, the company will have to isolate some High Voltage overhead lines,” ECG said.

Areas to be affected include Ofankor, Tema, Klagon, Spintex, Trasacco, Dzorwulu and Achimota.

Source: backend.theindependentghana.com | Anita Odei-Osafo