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The honourable member of parliament for North Tongu Constituency, Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa has in a tweet, “praised” the NPP Government Communication Machinery over its PR strategy.

According to him, when it was about free water & free electricity, they got the President, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo to frontally announce it so that the Government takes full credit ahead of the 2020 elections.

However, after the elections are over and the same Government upon deciding to further burden the Ghanaian people with sky-high bills, they push ECG & GWCL to do the talking, so that they take the blame.

See his tweet below

The Electricity Company of Ghana wants tariffs to be increased by 148% for 2022 and with 7.6% average adjustments between the periods of 2023 to 2026.

The sharp proposed increment, according to ECG, is due to the gap between the actual cost recovery tariff and PURC-approved tariffs as well as the cost of completed projects.

In a similar fashion, the Ghana Water Company is also proposing an increment in its tariffs to be able to at least recover its costs.

These are contained in tariff proposals presented to the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) by the two companies.

In the report, the two utility companies raised concerns about the continuous refusal of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission to fix tariffs in line with the cost of production.

For them, the situation has affected their operations, and it is essential that the problem is rectified.

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Meanwhile, Director of Communications at the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), William Boateng, has stated that the company will not collapse if the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) does not grant the proposed 148% increment.

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