ECG Losses: It’s Misguided To Resort To Frequent Electricity Tariff Hikes- Afenyo-Markin

The Minority leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has argued against frequent tariff hikes without recourse to the “deep-rooted inefficiencies” in the system of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).

Citing a report, the former Chairman of the Board of the ECG said less than 30% of consumers pay for electricity consumed, with the rest lost to inefficiencies, illegal connections, and poor billing systems.

According to him, the inefficiencies must be addressed rather than burdening Ghanaians with constant tariff adjustments.

“It is therefore misguided to resort to frequent tariff hikes or new levies without fixing these deep-rooted inefficiencies. These are the real inefficiencies we must address.”

He further emphasized that no amount of revenue generation through levies will resolve the challenges ECG faces without meaningful reforms.

“This is why I find it disingenuous for anyone to ignore these efforts and instead seek to distort the facts for political effect. I am on record—both within and outside Parliament—advocating that the way forward for ECG is through national dialogue on structural reforms, not partisan blame games.

Source: https://opemsuo.com/author/hajara-fuseini/