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ECG ISSUES STATEMENT TO GHANAIANS OVER 17.5% BILL INCREMENT

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ECG ISSUES STATEMENT TO GHANAIANS OVER 17.5% BILL INCREMENT

The Electricity Company of Ghana ECG) has asked the general public to utterly disregard reports suggesting that it has increased its bills by 17.5%.

For some time now, there have been speculations that the Electricity Company of Ghana had increased its tariffs by 17.5% as a form of ‘payback’ or ‘a recoup’ for the 3-month electricity intervention provided by the government. The main opposition party – National Democratic Congress (NDC) bashed the Akufo-Addo led administration over same.

But a statement from ECG disproves the authenticity of the report and labels it as false.

According to ECG, the Public Utility and Regulatory Commission (PURC) which is mandated with the regulation of tariffs has not informed it of any increase in the bills.

Parts of the statement read:

“The ECG wishes to inform its cherished customers and the general public that the PURC who is mandated by law to set tariffs has not informed ECG of any increase in tariff, neither has the ECG received notice from the Government of Ghana of new or increased taxes to be applied to the current electricity tariff structure. ECG customers and the general public are therefore advised to ignore the misinformation since it is false.”

Read the full statement below:

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C. A. Asante is a teacher (Village Teacher) by profession who has reported on a number of elections in Ghana for Central Press Newspaper. He is known among his peers as a researcher and regular contributor in Education, Politics, etc. Follow : Instagram- @ chris_asante1...Facebook: CA Asante

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