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Company News of Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Source: Michael Creg Afful
2019-03-27
The collapsed tower
Ghana Grid Company's Director of System Operations (GRIDCo), Mark Baah, revealed that it would cost the company around 500,000 GHS (US $ 100,000) to replace its vandalized towers.
One of Karpower's generating towers, Volta River Authority and AKSA power stations to the national grid collapsed and fell to an adjacent tower after unknown people dropped it on Monday morning.
The incident, which was reported around 1 am, caused power outages in parts of Accra, Takoradi and Kumasi.
Investigators from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service had visited the site to gather evidence for investigation.
According to him, the company would conduct an badessment to establish the integrity of the adjacent tower on which the pirated tower had collapsed.
But even before the badessment is done, Baah said they had already sent staff to the company's warehouses across the country to search for the same parts to build new towers. to replace vandalized towers.
He added that in the event that they could not get the parts, they would have to import new ones, adding that each turn would cost around 50,000 USD (250,000 GHS).
"The towers are different. They are unique and so we sent our staff to our warehouses to find out if we can get the same parts. But if we can not find the coins, it will cost us about $ 100,000 to buy coins for both rounds, "he said.
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