Mr Samuel Frimpong, in-charge of Public Affairs of the Energy Commission, has urged Ghanaians to use electrical appliances and gadgets with high energy efficiency and conservation.

He said preserving by using energy efficient electrical appliances added value for money, urging the public to also ensure that they bought such appliances instead of secondhand ones that had high energy consumption.

Mr Frimpong gave the advice when speaking at a day’s sensitization on energy preservation organised by the commission at Techiman in the Bono East Region.

It was attended by stakeholders comprising traditional authorities, security services, certified electricians, fashion designers as well as representatives of Municipal and District Assemblies in the region.

Mr Frimpong explained that the sensitization aligned broader efforts by the commission to promote efficient energy use and preservation among the members of the public.

He urged the public to also engage the services of certified electricians to wire their homes and urged them to avoid the temptation of buying secondhand appliances like refrigerators which were mostly overaged.

“Those secondhand refrigerators and electrical appliances are over-aged and aren’t needed in the system and besides they consume more energy”, he advised.

Mr Frimpong said it was imperative for everybody to reject the imported overaged and outmoded appliances, saying the life span of those appliances were designed for just between six to 10 years.

Nana Kwadwo Amakye, the Chief of Nchiraa in the Wenchi Traditional Area, lauded the training, describing it as insightful and beneficial and urged the commission to extend it to benefit more people, especially those in rural communities.