A week after a rainstorm hit the Jachie community in the Bosomtwi District of the Ashanti Region, residents are still without electricity. The storm, which occurred on Thursday, May 16, 2024, caused extensive damage to the local transformer and displaced electricity poles, leaving most households in darkness.
The storm’s impact has been felt deeply by residents and business owners, who are struggling to cope with the power outage. One resident, who owns a grinding mill, lamented, “I have lost many customers. I typically get more businesses on Friday as it’s a market day in this community, and many people come to grind their items. However, the power outage that began last Thursday has persisted, leaving us without electricity to work. The situation has been challenging for us.”
The Assembly Member for the Jachie East Electoral area, Richard Bimpeh, has been working to get power restored to the community. He explained that he had visited the ECG branch in Bekwai and spoken with the manager, who assured him that a memo was being written to request poles. However, the exact timeline for when power will be restored is unknown.
“Concerning the light, I’ve been to the ECG branch in Bekwai and spoke with the manager. He told me that they are now writing a memo for Poles. And as I’m talking to you, we don’t know when it’ll come,” Bimpeh said. “I’ve been to the Bosomtwe DCE office, I spoke with the PRO for ECG, and all they said was that there are no poles and there’s no water too. We are pleading with the authorities, especially ECG and NADMO, to come to our aid.”
The community is urging the authorities to expedite the restoration of power to alleviate their suffering. The residents are in dire need of help, and the community is calling on the authorities to provide assistance as soon as possible.
