Bondaye (W/R) Nov. 21, GNA-Hon. Albert Kwaku Obbin,
Member of Parliament (MP) for Prestea/Huni-Valley
constituency has warned cable thieves in Bondaye to
stop stealing the electric cables, which serves the
community.
Mr. Obbin described as an unfortunate the rate at
which electric cables were being stolen at Bondaye
near Prestea.
He has therefore asked the people of Bondaye to
serve as watchdogs to protect the electric cables
and also help arrest the cable thieves for them to
be punished.
He regretted that cables worth more than ¢30m were
stolen in the course of rewiring Bondaye lighting
system necessitated by the break down of the old
transformer.
The MP said these at a meeting with Bondaye people
to inform them of the completion of the rewiring
project and replacement of the old transformer.
The rewiring cost the Electrification Committee 90
million cedis out of which 30 million cedis worth of
cables were stolen.
On completion of the project, the people of Bondaye
would enjoy electricity supply after over 10 months
of blackout.
He disclosed that Electricity Company of Ghana would
come and take over the transformer, replace the old
iron poles with wooden ones and supply meters to
households.
He said high-tension poles would be purchased to
extend electricity from Prestea to Mbeasi Nsuta to
hook those communities to the national grid.
Touching on the galamsey issue at Four Bungalow at
Prestea, the MP pleaded with the people to stop
operating in the aea.
He however, said not all those operating there were
illegal miners, some were registered small scale
miners and therefore seizing their grinding mills
was not meaningful and promised to follow up for the
release of those machines.
He pleaded with the galamsey operators to exercise
restrain to avoid making their case worse because
the issue bothers on the survival of the people.
Baba Salifu, Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG)
Supervisor who was a member of the electrification
committee said owing to the expansion of Bondaye
community the transformer could not match the
required voltage for the community and thus could
not supply the needed power.
He pleaded with the people to expose the cable
thieves, promising one million cedis reward for
those who will give a clue leading to their arrest.
GNA
