Consumers of both electricity and water will from today [Monday, December 14] pay more for the two utilities as the recent increment announced by the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) officially takes effect today.
The 59.2 percent increment for electricity and 67.2 percent for water, have been met with stiff opposition from Ghanaians, who are citing the harsh economic situation and the energy crises as reasons for their rejection.
[contextly_sidebar id=”0d7ziHgrtjIeQ2PwPF5iCIz9d7CMu4RJ”]One consumer who shared his frustrations about the recent increment to Citi News, said :“When the light is not there, how can they increase it? So they have to find a solution before increasing it.”
“If they will give us the light, we too we will pay; but if they don’t give us the light how can we pay,” another consumer asked.
Another stated that, he is willing to pay more for electricity tariffs if measures are taken to address the inconsistent power supply.
“My problem is that, if the increment will get the lights to work then I don’t have any problem because if you don’t work you cannot pay salaries, you cannot pay your workers …”
Meanwhile the Trade Union Congress (TUC) will today [Monday] meet officials of the PURC over the recent increments.
The TUC says the increment is ill-timed and wants it to be implemented next year.
Today’s meeting according to the TUC Deputy Secretary, Dr. Yaw Baah, is to impress on the PURC to reduce the tariffs.
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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