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Gov’t, others owe ECG GHC 222m – WB Report

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  • GHANABA 1 10 years ago

    No wonder dumsor dumsor.How come such a huge amount NDC?

  • Zoobie-Zoobie 10 years ago

    corruption and incompetence everywhere

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  • Homesense 10 years ago

    Gov't and its agencies owe GHC222million and ECG would not go for that, but spend hundreds of Ghana cedis to come for the GHC10 or GHC20 that i owe?

    Surely, there is something wrong with this system.

    There should be a w ...
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  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    pepeni after appointing mainly his alajih incompetent idiots is again lying saying winner takes all is unfortunate , the hypocrisy is unbelievable and very insulting. he is leading Ghana on a roller-coaster straight to war an ...
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  • CHOOBOI 10 years ago

    UNTIL THE INCOMPETENT MAHAMA GOV'T USES WOYOME,AKOMFEM, TREE PLANTING, RLG, ETC MONIES TO PAY ITS ARREARS, NO INCREASE, OTHERWISE - CHOOOBOOII!!

  • ASANTE PEOPLE 10 years ago

    Please, I am an Akan from Elmina,what you have written will not give you anything. Barwumian is pepeni, Alumahama is peppeni but yet your party accepted them to be your vice president.You insulting them and 2016 you go back a ...
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  • Brainy Guy 10 years ago

    Are you so dumb not to know that this is a planted serial writer who ocassional writes to instigate tribal hatred. For all you know this guy is from Bolga, using the anonymity of the internet to shield them from exposure.

  • insight to the bone 10 years ago

    so what ? none of you have proven anything i am saying is untrue , rather you try to shoot the messenger , its not working

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  • Kk 10 years ago

    Waa look,and the incompetent ECG wants teriff increment.that is all they know.Idoits.

  • GHFUO, BE SERIOUS NOT PRIDEFUL! 10 years ago

    SO WHEN DID WORLD BANK BECOME THE EYES N EARS OF GH INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE?

  • Zegbete 10 years ago

    Rubbish, it is all about discipline not prepaid meters. If they will pay for the prepaid why can't they be forced to pay on meter? I will not be surprised even on the prepaid a head of one of the institutions will offer bribe ...
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  • Gilbert 10 years ago

    That we have to read a world bank report to know tha Government owns its main electricity distributor is no news. Is ECG efficient? NO! We need good Management and effective Control and to say Ghana is doing well in Governanc ...
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  • NANA IS USING BAWUMIA 10 years ago

    THIS IS CRAZY. HOW COME? IF THIS IS TRUE, THEN GOV'T MUST PAY UP IMMEDIATELY. HOW CAN ECG CONTINUE TO FUNCTION WELL IF GOV'T OWES IT THIS WHOOPING AMOUNT? WHY? THAT IS NOT FINE.

  • Antoinette 10 years ago

    The government and corporations don't pay their bills and the poor consumer suffers due to rate increases to cover the shortfall in revenue. How sad and incompetent on the part the the government. Unfortunately its the world ...
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  • koo nyame 10 years ago

    Especially the Kumasi branch where bribery still goes on. Its sad . One sometimes pays a bill and and will be told there is no receipt. Where then does the money goes?

  • Odiasempa 10 years ago

    So Ghana as a country, need/wait for WB to tell us who owes who money?

  • Homesense 10 years ago

    Odiasempa, ECG knows every government institution that owes; the amount involved and for how long the debts have been. But it dares not mention them nor go for the monies because of failures in our sytems.

    Have you heard ...
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  • BBC NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 10 years ago

    What the Ga's and Ewe's are waiting for? They should hit the street and demand justice. They should bear in mind that their lives are not safe in Ghana begins from 2/july/2013, since Kennedy agyapong was free man now . Defend ...
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  • joojo smith, takoradi 10 years ago

    Currently, losses at ECG stands @ 23% and about 40% are debts owed by govt & allied agencies making a whopping 63% of uncollected revenue. We the poor citizens(27%) are paying for what ideally 100% should have been paying and ...
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  • Toronto T 10 years ago

    So the world bank has access to payment records? So the depute minister agree to non payments on the behalf of the government ? Oh very sad Ghana I bet the world bank has a part time person worked on the data compilation over ...
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  • Toronto T 10 years ago

    Ghana oooooooh Ghana. Every one is fraudulent in Ghana including our own families . There's just not a single person thrust worthy out there. Investers be on the alert. Every one out there can not be trusted. It take the wo ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    When government and its agencies become irresponsible and do not settle their electricity bills, the companies run out of money. They then think they need to increase tariffs paid by the responsible consumers to cover their c ...
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  • kjhv 10 years ago

    nmbkcvxm gn.

  • Gladstone 10 years ago

    The idea is correct but will it be implemented

  • Kojo 10 years ago

    Dear ECG, why are you not billing us at DONKUNAA, APLAKU, WEIJA, BORTIANOR etc since your SHEB Project in 2008. I have since 2008 not received a bill. I have chased the officers at Bortianor District Office of ECG several tim ...
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  • km agyin 10 years ago

    Instead of the government living up to its responsibilities, it wants to shed it to the public by increasing tariffs Just as it has shed its responsibilities everywhere. Parents are now asked to build classrooms and dormitori ...
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  • Kwaku 10 years ago

    I think we must start doing things the right way in this country. Qualified and Competent people for right offices. It should not matter where you come from. People must be given responsibilities to deliver and be accountable ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    When people like Allotey Jacobs are appointed to the ECG board, what kind of institution do we expect it to be?

  • Donboli 10 years ago

    People in government houses, offices dont pay for electric. Accra street light (ACC) dont pay because they think its government who pays, forgetting its ACC who has to pay.
    Those in air condition offices and houses ask who p ...
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  • Ghana Ba 10 years ago

    Is good to put that measure in place, but remember is urgent to replace all the post paid meters to prepaid and let see how they will operate with thus arrears attitude of State.....State thing... God bless Ghana

  • Osika 10 years ago

    The ECG recently indicated that Government has paid all its debt to it. This was in response to people who criticised them for not focusing on the collection of theso who owned them during a discussion on the request for tari ...
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  • Whatever 10 years ago

    The current intense media campaign of the world bank aimed at pressuring the people of Ghana to pay higher tarrifs will not work. The world bank should ask themselves what the ECG has done with monies accruing from previous i ...
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  • Kofi 10 years ago

    Your president and his ministers started selling the idea that Ghanaians should pay what they termed realistic fees. You would expect the ECG to do its own PR. The WB is only following suit.