Former Member of Parliament for Binduri Robert Baba Kuganab-Lem has revealed that government is not interested in considering the welfare of the poor masses when increasing Electricity and Water Utilities for consumers. He alleged that compound houses will be paying industrial charges because their consumption will be so high. Apexnewsgh.com report
The PURC on Monday announced new tariffs for electricity and water utility consumers to pay 27.15 percent more for electricity and 21.55 percent more for water effective September 1.
Unfortunately, this announcement has received some backlash from the public particularly the Minority in Parliament who say that the new tariffs will further aggravate the already high cost of living for the ordinary Ghanaians.
Meanwhile, giving his response on the new tariffs for electricity and water utility consumers, Mr. Baba Kuganab-Lem pointed out that what government is not aware of is that, is not everybody has a meter. To him, in some compound houses, people have to share one meter and then divide the cost because they can’t afford following the recent hardship.
The former MP revealed that every month what is going to happen is that compound houses will pay industrial charges because their consumption will be so high that they think there is a factory in that house.
“So, before you make such increment, you must segment our population such that those who are very poor, who just want one bulb in their room don’t pay as if they have that one bulb in the city”.
“You must segment your population and know the population that are living before below the poverty line paying very little as compared to those living in East Legon and in other places”. He stressed
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
