{"id":395595,"date":"2017-06-14T01:33:41","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T01:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/14\/guarantee-our-safety-before-well-resume-work-ecg-workers-to-somanya-residents\/"},"modified":"2017-06-14T01:33:41","modified_gmt":"2017-06-14T01:33:41","slug":"guarantee-our-safety-before-well-resume-work-ecg-workers-to-somanya-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/14\/guarantee-our-safety-before-well-resume-work-ecg-workers-to-somanya-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Guarantee our safety before we&#8217;ll resume work \u2013 ECG workers to Somanya residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<!--               \n\n<div class=\"in-ad\">\n\n\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1495043641385-0' style='height:250px; width:300px;'>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n              <\/div>\n\n --><\/p>\n<p>The Koforidua Circuit Court has for the second time denied bail application for 12 suspects who were arrested for vandalising the Somanya Police station and attacking officers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).<\/p>\n<p>The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) advised the workers to abandon work in that part of the Greater Accra Region.<\/p>\n<p>Richard Nyaba, the Deputy General Secretary of the Union told Joy News, PUWU has been meeting with the ECG officers and management in the area.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern regional office of\u00a0ECG came under attack from residents angry over &#8216;outrageous&#8217; utility bills last month.<\/p>\n<p>Sticks, stones, broken glasses and dirtied walls tell the tale of a spontaneous attack on the Somanya building of the power distribution company\u00a0which began at about 11 am on Friday, May 26.<\/p>\n<p>This was after the protesters had waited for over an hour for a response from management over issues of over billing without getting any.<\/p>\n<p>Sizing up the intrusion and bracing for violence, the staff remain locked\u00a0inside the building awaiting rescue from the police.<\/p>\n<p>While the staff\u00a0wait for help, the police\u00a0also waited for reinforcements as\u00a010 officers faced the throng in their hundreds.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/4921266267696_7460023591450.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:356px; width:550px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"3710277854\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Recounting the incident to myjoyonline.com, a resident Nakotey, explained that the crowd emerged impulsively after ECG embarked on an early morning mass disconnection exercise.<\/p>\n<p>The disconnection exercise was to try and compel clients to settle mounting debts owed the company.<\/p>\n<p>But it infuriated the community that has been complaining about &#8216;extremely outrageous&#8217; billing system for close to a year.<\/p>\n<p>Nakotey explained that some residents in compound houses who used to share\u00a0 GHC200 now have to share between GHC1,500 and GHC2,000.<\/p>\n<p>He said some bills\u00a0piled up to 7,500 in a community of small businesses, traders and farmers.<\/p>\n<p>Considering the mass disconnection exercise as adding insult to injury, their tolerance level snapped triggering an uncoordinated march to the newly commissioned office.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/8368292745616_1256594624577.jpg\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:488px; width:366px\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"1207328520\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But after a lot of meetings and consultations, Mr Nyaba said, \u201cyesterday, management called on us that the paramount chief and his elders, as well as the youth of the area, are pleading that we should resume work in Somanya.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we are thinking that conditions are not right for our workers to return to work there. We met the workers and they still express some misgivings about what is happening at the place,\u201d he told Joy News\u2019 Evans Mensah on Newsnight programme Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Nyaba said they are still engaging the workers in talks to see how the Member of Parliament, paramount chiefs and the youth can improve conditions for the workers to get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor now we have not resumed work\u2026until we are assured of our safety,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Koforidua Circuit Court has for the second time denied bail application for 12 suspects who were arrested for vandalising the Somanya Police station and attacking officers of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG). The Public Utilities Workers Union (PUWU) advised the workers to abandon work in that part of the Greater Accra Region. 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