Correspondence from Northern Region The Acting Managing Director of the Northern Electricity Distribution Company (NEDCo), John Okine Yamoah, has stated that five out of every 10 houses in the northern area (Northern Region) are likely to be involved in power theft.
He said most of the power thefts were found in the Tamale Metropolis and Yendi Municipality.
According to Okine Yamoah, NEDCo loses 45 percent of the power it distributes every month in the Northern Region, with about 70 to 80 percent of the losses attributed to illegal connections. "Not all of our 45% power distribution loss is as a result of power theft, but the majority of it is power theft.
I can guess that about 70 to 80% of our losses [in the Northern Region]...
