Magnus Kofi Amoatey, MP for Yilo Krobo has called on the Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko be invited to parliament to explain the recent hikes in power tariffs charged by the Electricity Company of Ghana in some parts of the country.

The ECG served some people in Ghana with estimated bills, bills for which there are no prior reading of electricity consumed. This, the MP said  it's ridiculous and explanations should be given by the Minister.

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Mr Amoatey’s call follows riots over high electricity bills at Somanya on Monday 29 May. The residents attacked the police following the arrest of an assemblyman who organized a demonstration against the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) in the area last week in connection with huge discrepancies in electricity bills. Property belonging to ECG were vandalized during the demonstration.While speaking to journalists in Accra he said “I’ll file an urgent question with the Minister of Energy to explain to Ghanaians why the need for an estimated bill.”

“Yesterday, some more people came to show me their bills. A woman came with a bill of GHS10,000, an elderly woman, and one would ask what she does to consume GHS10,000 in a month. There is another gentleman I was told had a bill of GHS200,000. I agree some of them might have defaulted for some time, but I don’t think even within a year a household could consume as much to GHS200,000 as electricity bill. There is something wrong somewhere and the minister must explain to us.”

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Mr Amoatey said he had organized a meeting with the traditional leaders, police, youth, and officials of the ECG to discuss the way forward for peace to prevail in the area.

Residents of Akosombo have demonstrated over the same issue expressing their distress on the hike of prices.