Mutawakilu kicks against proposed tariff increment LISTEN
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A former ranking Member of Parliament’s Mines and Energy Committee, Adam Mutawakilu has rubbished proposals by the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) for tariff increment.
He says the ECG has not demonstrated its capacity to effectively manage its resources hence there is no justification for an increment in tariffis.
Speaking on
Eyewitness News, the former Damongo legislator said ECG is undeserving of an increment if it is unable to prove how it is tackling the about 25% losses it suffers to technical and commercial issues.
“How much of our monies is being lost? If that is not tackled, then we are wasting our time on this. They are just taking money from Ghanaians and wasting it. Technical and commercial losses alone is over 25% and that means that for every 100 million that ECG is expected to collect, they can’t account for 25 million of it. So if we only concentrate on increasing tariff withou