A group calling itself United Krobo Foundation is demonstrating against the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for billing them to pay electricity tariff in the area.
According to them, they are also not enthused about the introduction of prepaid meters in Somanya and its environs.
The group therefore said they are not ready to deal with ECG as a distribution company and want to deal directly with power generation, Volta River Authority (VRA).
Addressing the media after a peaceful demonstration in the area Monday November 22, 2021, Convener of the group , Nathan Boryou, said that ECG must scrap all outstanding arrears of customers in the Krobo area and sit with the people for the way forward.
According to him, prepaid meters cannot be accepted in the area while there is unresolved impasse over billing.
He said “The ECG as an institution was not able to resolve the problem of their customers within Krobo area .The grievances of customers are so agitating that more problems may occur in days ahead”.
The group is therefore demanding that “prepaid metering within the Krobo states must stop immediately”.
The convenor noted Krobos were not paid compensation for leasing their land for the construction of the Akosombo and Kpone dams, adding the VRA Resettlement fund is not being utilized to the benefit of the affected Communities hence they are not ready to pay for electricity usage.
According to him, residents in Krobo area can no longer be under Electricity Company of Ghana for power supply.
The group had earlier demanded that the entire Krobo enclave access free direct power supply from Volta River Authority (VRA) as part of corporate social responsibility of the Authority for dispossessing Krobos from their land for the construction of the Kpong Dam
The feud between krobos and ECG led to deadly clashes resulting in the shooting of protestors in which two died while at least five sustained gunshot wounds in May 2019.
A female Junior High School student who was part of the victim had her leg amputated while a footballer has been crippled as a result of the injury.
The residents were protesting against over billing by ECG.
By Vincent Kubi