Company of Ghana is replacing its obsolete equipment at the cost of 15
million US dollars to curb the intermittent power outage experienced
in the City.
Addressing a Press Conference in Tema, the Regional Director, Dr
Nicholas Smart-Yeboah said the amount is generated from the company's
own internally generated funds.
He said it is expected that work on the rehabilitation of the
equipment would be completed in August this year to enable customers
enjoy uninterrupted power supply.
He said the company has been compelled to operate with the
obsolete machines, which became unpredictable.
He however gave the assurance that efforts are being made to
work around the clock to get the situation back to normalcy.
According to him, some of the equipment have arrived and being
cleared at the Tema Harbour and that soon work would commence on the
rehabilitation the projects.
Dr Smart-Yeboah indicated that the Company is also procuring
Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition, a facility used to detect
major fault on time for prompt action and also monitor operations in
the sub-stations
This would reduce the spate of fault occurrences and minimize
outages to enhance service delivery.
Earlier, the Regional Director led newsmen to inspect the
equipment at the bulk supply stations at the Fishing Harbour,
Industrial Area, Ashaiman and the Tema General Hospital.
GNA
27 Jan. 07
