Ghana Electrometer unveils ultramodern facility

By Patrick PAINTSIL

The Ghana Electrmeter (GEM), producers of credit and prepaid meters has organised a media tour to unveil its ultramodern metering facility in Accra.

The new facility affirms GEM’s readiness and commitment to produce internationally-certified meters in the country to facilitate revenue generation towards the country’s development.

The tour was also to educate the media on prepaid metering processes in order to deepen public understanding of the company and its products while expressing appreciation for the media’s continuous support in the development of the energy sector.

Mr. Obed Solomon, Director of Operations and External Relations, Ghana Electrometer said the facility is evidence of the company’s position to provide the country with quality metering solutions in order to facilitate efficient and effective revenue generation from the energy sector.

He said the company continues to invest in infrastructure and staff to ensure seamless satisfaction on products by clients, which is GEM’s topmost priority.

“We recognise the media’s efforts and immense contribution to the energy sector and wish to deepen the relationship with you through constant engagement and interaction.

“We also want to use this platform to express our appreciation to key stakeholders—Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ministry of Energy and the Volta River Authority (VRA)—for the invaluable support they continue to show towards local initiative.

“GEM has a competent and committed workforce whose efforts have brought tremendous growth to the company over the nine years of its existence. As a company we are committed to empowering our staff through constant training in order to improve their capacity as they continue to produce quality meters for the development of our country,” he said.

Ghana Electrometer currently provides over 300 jobs—directly and indirectly—to the youth with plans to expand its work force to meet demands of the market.

Mr. Duke Nelson, Deputy Director of IT and Projects said the facility will ensure that the country meets its metering demands, reaching out to other African countries.

“This new facility will position GEM, which is the only meter assembling company in the country to continue providing ECG with globally competitive electricity meters.

“Prepaid meters provide an advantage to consumers as it grants them control over their electricity consumption while making them avoid incurring high bills unknowingly because they can always monitor their consumption,” Mr. Nelson noted.

The occasion saw the launch of the company’s re-designed website. The new website is user-friendly and more interactive, offering clients’ adequate and timely information and also the opportunity to receive prompt feedbacks from the company.

Ghana Electrometer is a specialised local initiative established in 2004 in partnership with Elsewedy Electrometer in Egypt to provide fully integrated electricity metering solutions in Ghana and the West African sub-region.

It is the only locally-based electric meter assembling plant in the country and one of two in the sub-region.

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