A delegation from the Central Region office of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) led by the General Manager in-charge of the region, Mr. Anokye Abebrese has called on the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. D. D. Kuupole at his office.
The delegation was at the university to introduce the new General Manager for the region to the management of UCC, to discuss the possibility of introducing pre-paid metering to commercial and individual consumers on campus and also find out the possible ways that the university could settle its indebtedness to E.C.G.
Mr. Anokye Abebrese gave the assurance that they would embark on massive sensitization before the implementation of the pre-paid metering system at the places earmarked on campus.
The Vice-Chancellor Prof. Kuupole in response noted that the university was currently feeling the brunt of the irregular supply facing the nation due to the inadequate generation of electricity. He noted that the situation had affected effective teaching and learning on campus since most lectures and laboratory activities have been hampered as well as regular supply of water to students, staff and members of the adjoining communities. “It has been very challenging to run the university in this circumstance. Lectures are disrupted, laboratories cannot function and even water supply is seriously hampered” he noted.
Prof. Kuupole therefore asked for an alternate arrangement to be made to help switch from one line to the other to provide regular supply of electricity to the campus. Alternatively, he asked for a dedicated line to the university to forestall the frequent power cuts each time there were problems with those shared facilities.
On the issue of indebtedness to the E.C.G. the Vice-Chancellor assured the delegation that UCC would make contact with both parent ministry and that of finance to have them resolved and called on the company to exercise restraint and be patient with the institution.
In a related development a two-man delegation from Lancaster University, Ghana Campus, led by Raghav Lal had early on visited the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kuupole to find possible ways of collaboration between the two institutions.
Mr. Lal used the opportunity of the visit to invite three faculty members from UCC to a workshop in Accra on the current methods of preparing teaching and lecture materials.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Kuupole was grateful to Lancaster University for the step they had taken and hoped that a lot of fruitful benefits would accrue from the collaboration.
