Workers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) have issued a caution to the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei-Mensah, regarding possible outstanding electricity bills at his private residences.

They have warned that failure to settle these bills could result in disconnection from the national grid.

This warning follows a series of protests by ECG workers in response to the Minister's order for the arrest of one of their managers.

The Minister's actions have caused discontent among ECG workers, particularly after he ordered the arrest of the company's Ashanti East Manager, Mark Wiafe Asomani, following the disconnection of power to the Kumasi Technical University due to unpaid bills.

Despite demands for an apology from the Workers' Union of the ECG, the Minister has not issued one, even after the given ultimatum expired on Tuesday.

In protest, ECG workers have started wearing red bands at their offices nationwide, though they have ensured that customer service remains unaffected.

The Union leadership has expressed their readiness to escalate the protest if the Minister does not take appropriate action, emphasizing that his actions are unacceptable and he must be held accountable.

A worker told Citi News on Wednesday “If the regional minister owes any bill in his private house we are going there. This week we will get to his house if he owes a pesewa, we will disconnect him then the police must come and arrest all of us.

“If he arrests any regional boss all of us will be at the prison yard. So, they should expand the prison yard all of us are coming. We are expecting him to apologise…We know all his houses …We are going there…He should prepare to pay his money, or we will disconnect him.”

Another worker said “The action of the minister is more of a security concern than our General Manager’s meeting at the REGSEC. The reason is that the actions can lead to other customers emulating what he did and we think that he should just apologise unreservedly to ECG then we move on. We have a series of actions to take. This is the first step That is why we said that if he is not apologizing someone should tell him to do so.”