GT seeks help to stop cable thefts

March 28
Story: Zakaria Alhassan
THE Head of Corporate Communications and Customer Care of the Ghana Telecommunications Company Limited, Major Albert Don-Chebe(Retd), has expressed grave concern over the increasing incident of cable thefts in the system.
He said if the occurrence was not checked, it could pose immense threat to the smooth operations of the company in offering uninterrupted services to its numerous customers.
Major Don-Chebe has, therefore, entreated chiefs and community members to be alert and vigilant at monitoring the activities of people who tamper with the company’s cables in their respective communities.
The head of corporate communications, who expressed this concern after presenting a quantity of mobile phones to security agencies in the Tamale metropolis reminded the people of the reward the company had instituted for informants and those who made extra efforts to apprehend the thieves.
‘‘Any informant who gives information that will lead to the arrest of a cable thief is awarded GH¢500 for his efforts while a person, who is able to apprehend a thief is offered GH¢1,000,’’ he disclosed.
Ghana Telecom presented 12 phones to the Ghana Police Service and the Military at separate ceremonies in the metropolis on Tuesday.
According to Major Don-Chebe, the donation was aimed at helping to facilitate easy communication among the agencies in their efforts at curbing the cable theft and general crime in the metropolis and surrounding communities.
‘‘The rate at which our cables are being stolen is very disturbing since the company spends millions of dollars to import them; it is for this reason that we are courting the support of all to assist in arresting the situation,’’ he stated.
Major Don-Chebe further explained that there was no way the company could succeed in its efforts without the active support of the security agencies and the general public and, therefore, appealed to the people to always volunteer information that would lead to the apprehension of such criminals.
The Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Northern Region, Mr Ephraim O. Brakatu, who received the phones on behalf of the security agencies, expressed appreciation to the company for its support in the fight against crime.
He gave the assurance that the phones would be used for the right purpose since the security agencies relied much on information flow to execute their mission.