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Govt's response to over-billing saga 'shameful' - Dr. Percy

According to Dr. Percy however, the handling of the issue by government and other public institutions directly linked to the matter gives credence to the assertions that “these are crocodile tears which are being shed [by government].”

“I am extremely disappointed about the flat footedness of officialdom in this matter. I’m talking about the ECG, PURC, Ministry of Power and the Presidency,” he complained during a panel discussion on Accra-based Radio Gold.

He argued that the challenges facing the power distributor have been allowed to “fester and cascade” into an issue affecting the livelihoods of Ghanaians.

The Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) earlier this week ordered ECG to suspend the use of its billing system software which was over-billing consumers after a series of complaints from the public.

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President John Mahama on his part assured the general public that the overbilling “will be fixed” because and Inter-Agency Taskforce had been put together to resolve complaints from the public regarding the bills and charges being received from ECG.

Regarding the opposition’s capitalization on the issue for political gains, Dr. Percy said: “It is the business of opposition to capitalize on own goals. It is the responsibility of every opposition but one will really not know this country and know this particular opposition.”

He advised the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) not to belittle the capability of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to win votes with their sloppiness in dealing with issues affecting the ordinary Ghanaian.

“Regardless of the difficulties that the NPP has internally, my friends in government should take no comfort at all in what has gone on and I think that it is extremely shameful,” he remarked.

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