The Electricity Company of Ghana has dispatched its district managers and technical staff across the country to ensure that all minor technical challenges are fixed before the December 7, polls.

According to the Eastern regional Manager of the ECG, Michael Baah, contractors working with the company are clearing trees that are likely to cause power outages in case of windstorm.

He said the company has also detailed their technical staff to vantage substations where election activities will be taking place to swiftly fix problems during the polls.

"The election is very important, it is a landmark event in the history of the nation and having in mind the election, we have decided to put measures in place to ensure that areas under ECG in the Eastern region get constant power supply during the election.

“We have detailed all our district managers and their staff to ensure that the lines that supply power to various Electoral centres’ are always on. At the moment, contractors are on the line clearing all the bushes along the lines so that there won’t be issue of outages during the election. And we have also detailed our men to be at the vantage points, the substations and where the election would be taking place so in case of any eventuality, they will take it up to restore power to the EC," he told Starr News' Kojo Ansah.

He added that ECG is collaborating with the District Assemblies to get standby generators for the various polling stations to step-in in case of power outages.

"We are also collaborating with the district assemblies to get standby generators for the various polling stations so in case power goes off, the generators can supply power to have a credible election".

He made the comments during the launch of the National 2016 Power Queens Week celebration in Koforidua.

The National President of the ECG Power Queens Club Queen Rosemond Asamoa-Frimpong advised female staff of the company to prioritise customer care services by relating professionally and politely to clients of the company in order to establish good image for ECG.

The Power Queens club is using the celebration to stock the Koforidua Government Hospital blood Bank, which was recently hit with shortage.
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