The people of Kasoa have expressed concern about continuous power outages in the area.
The outages, which according to them occur mostly in the night, have increased the incidence of armed robberies in the town.
“Armed robbers have taken advantage of this and they threaten some of us who go out at night and even gone as far as various homes to rob them of valuables” a lady resident stressed.
The people said that the situation is really causing fear and panic among them since they don’t even feel secured in their homes.
In an interview with some residents and owners of few emerging companies in the town, it was revealed that for some time now the people in the town have been facing a lot of problem with electricity supply.
A resident told the Times that “power goes off as often as six times in a day and the situation is causing a lot of problem to everyone,”, since they are not able to work continuously.
Some people who talked to the ‘Times’ also said that the frequent power outage had damaged their electrical appliances, because they are not given any notice by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) before power is switched off.
“I can’t use most of my electrical appliances because of fear of power outages”, another woman stated.
Residents’ however appealed to the Government and the Electricity Company to find a solution to the situation to enhance productivity.