Tatali-sangule: Madam Mary Tagba, the Tatali-Sangule District Chief Executive (DCE), has led a delegation to the Sabonjida community to resolve an impasse between two communities over electricity outage in the area. The delegation to address the impasse between the Sabonjida and Sangban communities comprised security agencies, Assembly Members, engineers from the Volta River Authority, Ghana Grid Company (GRIDCo), and the Energy Commission.
According to Ghana News Agency, Madam Tagba, during the visit, engaged in discussions with the people of Sabonjida assuring them of her commitment towards finding a lasting solution to the electricity issue. She emphasised the importance of peace and using dialogue to resolve conflicts and appealed to the residents to support her vision for developing the area. She urged the community to remain calm as the Assembly worked towards reconnecting both Sabonjida and Sangban communities to the national grid.
Security agencies also sensitised the communities on the need to be law-abiding citizens while representatives from GRIDCo and Energy Commission explained the processes involved in connecting to the national grid. The people of Sabonjida commended the DCE and her team for their intervention and assurances, pledging their full support to contribute towards accelerating the resolution of the issue. Community elders and youth also praised Madam Tagba for the quick response, noting that no DCE had visited them since the district was created.
Following deliberations, it was resolved that Sangban would be reconnected to the national grid first, followed by Sabonjida and five other affected communities in the district. The DCE and her team expressed gratitude to the communities for their understanding and reaffirmed their commitment to address the concerns raised in a timely and inclusive manner.
The Northern Electricity Distribution Company Limited (NEDCo), early this month, disconnected the Sabonjida community from the national grid on the basis that due process was not followed in connecting it to the grid. In the process of the disconnection, the transformer of the Sangban community which is nearby was affected resulting in a power outage to the community. When NEDCo officials went to work on the transformer, the residents of the Sabonjida community were not happy about the situation, as they thought the Sangban community was receiving preferential treatment, leading to suspicions and tension between the two communities, hence the DCE's intervention.
