The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the Ashanti Region has announced the restoration of full power capacity and improved voltage levels following the resolution of a major technical setback caused by infrastructure theft.

At least eight high-tension towers collapsed after being tampered with by unidentified criminals who removed bolts, nuts, and bases from the galvanised steel structures, forcing the pylons, vital lines connecting the Anwomaso Bulk Supply Point (BSP) to the Akyawkrom Substation, to topple.

ECG had to channel multiple feeders through a single source, characterised by chronic low voltage for thousands of customers, frequent power outages due to system overloads, and reduced operational flexibility for the technical team.

Several communities in the Ashanti region on March 18, 2024, experienced several hours of power outages.

The development forced the Electricity Company of Ghana to launch immediate investigations.

At least eight towers, stretching several kilometres, had fallen onto the ground after some miscreants removed bolts, nuts, and the base.

The high-tension towers were transmitting power from Anwomaso Bulk Supply Point to the Akyawkrom Substation near Ejisu.

Bekwai, Anwiankwanta, Kumawu, Antoakrom, Manso Nkwanta, Jacobu, and Samfo-Aduam were some of the affected areas.

Others included Kumawu, Ejisu, Nsuta, Effiduase, and their environs.

Engineers of ECG busily working to complete the construction of the 8 high-tension towers

The completion of the construction works on Wednesday, February 25, 2026 also coincided with a planned maintenance by ECG, which saw all customers on the broken towers restored to their normal positions.

This means residents and businesses in several districts within the Ashanti Region can now heave a sigh of relief.

Daniel Mensah-Asare is the General Manager of the Ashanti East Region of Electricity Company of Ghana. He is elated ECG has restored the towers.

“We have worked very tirelessly to resolve the problem. The problem occurred around the 18th of March 2024, exactly. So, as a result of the problem, it has created a situation where we have to manage to feed a lot of feeders through one source.

And today as I speak, I am happy and on behalf of the entire ECG Ashanti Region, we want to say that we have resolved that problem and we have restored the stolen pylons and has restored power supply.”

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According to him, the construction of the eight-high tension towers mean a lot to ECG.

“What has happened today is going to enable us to improve the voltage that we supply to our customers. It's going to minimise outage and as well give us what we call the flexibility in our operations.”

Ing. Mensah-Asare has been explaining to JoyNews what the restoration means to ECG and its customers.

“From today, we can see that customers around this area and its environs and all those places who were experiencing some form of low voltage as a result of the incident that occurred on the 18th of March 2024. Today we have solved their problem and their voltages are going to improve.

"When we say low voltage, that's when you are not getting enough of power; the voltage that you require for a fridge or light or anything to work effectively. Comparing it to water, voltage is like the pressure that makes the water to flow. So the voltage was low.

"So most of our customers often say it is low current. So most of our customers who do not often see it low current, so the fridges are going to work better the air conditions are going to work better, the fans are going to turn better and every electrical gadget they are going to use in those areas is going to function or perform better."

Meanwhile, Ing. Mensah-Asare has commended residents in the Ashanti region for their patience as ECG worked on this capital-intensive project.