{"id":372880,"date":"2017-11-12T09:21:59","date_gmt":"2017-11-12T09:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=372880"},"modified":"2017-11-12T13:47:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-12T13:47:27","slug":"electricity-tariffs-to-go-down-in-2018-budget-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/11\/electricity-tariffs-to-go-down-in-2018-budget-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity tariffs to go down in 2018 budget – Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"
The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, has said that electricity tariffs\u00a0will be reviewed\u00a0downwards soon.<\/p>\n
According to Nana Addo, details of the review will be announced by Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta at the 2018 budget reading<\/strong><\/span><\/a> in Parliament on Wednesday, November 15.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”rRM6bUTkzBe5zm8vPbxPuYXWkyKDUU3Q”]The high electricity tariffs were a major part of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)’s campaign ahead of the 2016 elections, with many of the party’s communicators claiming that electricity cost more than rent.<\/p>\n Speaking at the Association of Ghanaian Industries Awards (AGI) dinner on\u00a0Saturday night, President Akufo Addo commended the ‘stars’ of his administration\u00a0for the work they had done to ensure reliable power supply to Ghanaian citizens and businesses since his tenure commenced.<\/p>\n “I’m glad that businesses\u00a0are no longer burdened by the erratic\u00a0power supply that wrecked our nation in recent years. Dumsor, thank God, appears now to be the thing of an unlamented past. Another of the stars of the government, the Energy Minister, Boakye Agyarko, is to be commended for the sterling work he’s been doing so far on this matter,” the President said.<\/p>\n “Furthermore, the government is moving to set in motion the process for the review of electricity tariffs and in the budget to be read by the brilliant Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta on Wednesday, I’m sure we will hear some good news in this regard.”<\/p>\n