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Gov’t crying crocodile tears over electricity bills
President Mahama in Facebook post yesterday after a cabinet meeting said he shares in the frustrations of Ghanains and pledged to deal with the situation swiftly.
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President Mahama in a Facebook post Thursday after a cabinet meeting said he shares the frustrations of Ghanains and pledged to deal with the situation swiftly.
But the NPP in a press statement noted that government has been shifting its position when it comes to charges of power.
“Government’s desperate reaction now is to blame the PURC and the ECG and even the New Patriotic Party,” the statement said, after largely blaming “faulty” meters and vague promises to “look into the matter.”
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The statement further questioned the lackadaisical attitude of government to resolve the complaints of Ghanaian, saying “since the complaints and outcry over the electricity billing started in earnest from January 2016, is it now that it has come to government’s attention?
The NPP also blamed macroeconomic conditions for the electricity tariffs.
The party cited the steep falls in the value of the cedi, Sole-sourced and imprudent leasing deals in emergency power (such as Ameri and Karpower) at tariffs levels much higher than market prices and imposition of new taxes and levies in December 2015.
“Beyond the excuses of "sudden" faults in ECG meters/ and faulty new software , blame game and propaganda and crocodile tears, the government should stop the mismanagement and move quickly to reduce the tariffs and ensure stable tariff levels through better macroeconomic management.”
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