General News of Friday, 23 June 2017Source: citifmonline.comOsu Government Maternity Home disconnected by ECGFile photoThe Osu Government Maternity Home has been forced to suspend medical care after the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) disconnected power to the facility. She recounted that, ECG personnel came two weeks ago, and informed them that they were to be disconnected. She explained to them that, “we don’t pay but instead, we send the bills to the regional office and then the bills are taken to the Ministry of Finance, and they [the ECG personnel] went away.”But the ECG personnel came again today [Friday] to disconnect the maternity home’s power. The Osu Government Maternity Home’s struggles comes under the growing umbrella of indebtedness of the state to the ECG which is over GH¢ 1.6 billion. Government subsidies to some electricity consumers amounts to GH¢655 million; the highest contributor to the debts owed ECG.

Source: GhanaWeb June 23, 2017 15:22 UTC