Cabinet on Thursday gave approval to the Inter-Agency Taskforce put together to rectify the incessant complaints from Ghanaians on the outrageous bills from the ECG.
Cabinet approves Inter-Agency Taskforce to resolve ECG billing complaints
"I share the frustration of Ghanaians affected by this anomalous situation and will do everything possible to find a speedy and sustainable solution to this issue."
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A statement on President John Mahama's facebook wall said.
"Following our very detailed and exhaustive discussions in Cabinet this morning, we approved the steps taken by the Ministry of Power, and expect the Taskforce, which comprises the Energy Commission, the ECG, the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) and other stakeholders."
John Jinapor on Monday May 23, 2016 inaugurated the committee which is tasked to investigate the matter.
"We are not going into calculations or determine how the tariffs was arrived at, what we want to do is an audit of the systems especially with the meters.” He said.
According to the statement the taskforce has up to June 03,2016 to "submit its report and solution for immediate implementation."
It has been revealed the ECG has been unfairly charging customers and this has been blamed on their new software systems for billing clients. The PURC has asked the ECG to suspend the implementation of the new software, but the ECG says the PURC is not being fair.
Photo credit : Prez. Mahama facebook page
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