The University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) has paid off all its outstanding debt to the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), amounting to GH¢1.442 million.
The debt was cleared in two instalments, with GH¢1 million paid on March 20th, 2023, and the remaining GH¢442,000 paid on April 13th, 2023.
The ECG recently launched an aggressive revenue mobilisation campaign to retrieve GH¢5.7 billion in national debts, with the Volta and Oti regions accounting for some GH¢220 million from its debtors, aimed at supporting the power sector.
Acting General Manager of the Volta Region, Mr Michael Buabin, called on other institutions and customers to emulate the example of UHAS by paying all their bills to enable ECG to collect enough revenue to sustain the electricity supply campaign, adding that “We want all customers and institutions to prioritise the payment of their electricity bills to enable ECG to complete existing projects and initiate new ones in order to provide stable power supply to businesses and homes.”
The Vice Chancellor of UHAS, Prof. Lydia Aziator, emphasised the importance of the mutual relationship between the university and ECG and called for its sustenance going into the future.