Tamale Brutality: We regrets the event, but checks on power theft continue - NEDCo

The Management of NEDCo has joined the Ghana Police to apologise to residents of Tamale especially those who were directly affected by the police brutality but says monitoring and power theft checks continue.

The management in a press statement signed by Mr Maxwell K. Kotoka, Manager, Corporate Communications and Customer Service at NEDCo registered their regrets over the situation, assuring that the lessons learnt from the incident will correct their future operations.

According to him, all the necessary and reasonable precautions will be taken to ensure due process is adhered to and the human rights of customers are respected.

Read the full Statement Below

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: NEDCo REGRETS EVENTS OF SEPTEMBER 20, 2021.

The Management of NEDCo has seen very disturbing scenes from videos circulating on various social media of events that took place during what was meant to be routine monitoring and power theft check operation conducted by NEDCo with the support of the Ghana Police Service on Monday, September 20, 2021.

Though an isolated occurrence given that it is quite regular that NEDCo does such operations with Police support, NEDCo regrets the events of that day.

In so far as the operation was at the instance of NEDCo, we unreservedly apologize to those directly affected as well as our cherished customers, the people of Tamale and the General Public. We are in extensive consultations with a wide range of stakeholders not only to calm nerves but also, to ensure that the lessons learnt from this unfortunate incident manifest in all future operations. 

To this end, steps are underway to drill down this apology through our revered chiefs and also, to reach those directly affected by the excesses to confer and sympathize with them appropriately.

Finally, we wish to explain that monitoring and power theft checks continue to be an inseparable part of our mandate and work as a power distributor so we would have to discharge it diligently in the service of Ghana; as we do this, we wish to assure the General Public that all the necessary and reasonable precautions will be taken to ensure that due process is adhered to and human rights, respected at all times! It is our passionate appeal that you all support us in our quest to stem power theft so as to salvage NEDCo for it to continue supporting development in the operational area.

Once more, accept our unqualified apologies as we forge together as one people!

Maxwell K. Kotoka
MANAGER, CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS & CUSTOMER SERVICE.