[ 2016-07-07 ]

PUWU debunks Mahama claims on ECG subsidy
The Public Utility Workers Union (PUWU) has
debunked assertions by President John Mahama that
there is no subsidy on electricity tariffs.

The Electricity Company of Ghana earlier this week
announced a revised tariff system which included
subsidies for some categories of consumers.

The President in his address to some Muslims to
climax the Eid ul-Fitr celebrations on Wednesday
stated that government has not provided subsidies
on electricity and described the latest
intervention as a realignment of the billing
system.

But the Public Utility Workers Union disagrees
with the president. Michael Nyantekyi, Deputy
General Secretary of the Union told host of
Morning Starr Nii Arday Clegg that until there is
an official communication, workers of ECG will go
by the directive of the Electricity distributor.

“Until there is an official communication to the
contrary, we are going by the statement ECG put
out and that statement was prepared in
consultation with both the PURC and the ministry
of power, unless they [government] come out to say
something different negating what ECG put out.

“An official statement from ECG had come out and
if government wants us to get any different
position, contrary to what ECG has put out then we
need to see an official statement, we will not
take the oral pronouncement on this,” Mr.
Nyantekyi said.

Meanwhile, Member of the Finance Committee of
Parliament Kwaku Kwarteng has accused government
of backtracking on the reintroduction of subsidies
because it violates the IMF conditionality.

“We must push the president to explain what
exactly he means by re-alignment. How will
re-alignment bring relief?, re-alignment of what,
it is all a con and it coming from a government
that is confused, a government that is determined
to say anything as they approach elections and
unfortunately they are in a program with the IMF
and if they push ahead with this 300 million, they
have to answer to their masters.”

Source - Starrfm

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