ECG customers vow to bring Mahama down

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  • True Talk 9 years ago

    Ghanaians are paying more for electricity than Americans, as a direct result of the incompetence and corruption of the NDC.

  • True Talk 9 years ago

    All those who blindly insist they will vote Mahama and NDC, should now think of the consequences of their actions. Except those who are directly benefiting from the corruption, we are all suffering.

  • PRINCE KWASI ADADE ( OFIE P33 ) 9 years ago

    WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OVER 37 BILLION DOLLAR DEBT AND THE RESULT IS WHAT GHANAIANS ARE GOING THROUGH TODAY. LOOK AT OUR ELECTRICITY AND WATER TARIFFS AND DANGEROUS ZACHAEUS STEALTH TAXES "NA SIKA NO WO HE"???? MY CHILDREN ARE ...
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  • ATSU, HO 9 years ago

    Unfortunately politicians make themslves vulnerable to blackmail. Should everything be related to voting? Issues like that of untilities should not be politicised. Lets talk and find amicable solutions to these things and sto ...
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  • ANOKWALE 9 years ago

    VRA AND ECG CAN'T INCREASE TARIFFS WITHOUT GOVT APPROVAL. MAHAMA IS IN IT. IF U USE THE POST PAID, THE FACTOR WHICH WHICH IS MULTIPLIED BY THE KWH WE USE MONTHLY HAS JUMPED FROM 0.4 TO 0.6. IF YO USED 200KILO WATT HOURS U WER ...
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  • AMUZU 9 years ago

    Government are elected to better the living standard of her citizens,BUT NOT to make them POOR.

  • Kwesi Tz 9 years ago

    President Mahama and his NDC administration are working tediously to ensure Ghanaians feel good and comfortable in the country.

    As part of efforts to extend coverage to vulnerable groups & to provide financial protection a ...
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  • Kwesi Tz 9 years ago

    President Mahama has already won the election because of the transformation he has brought to mother Ghana since he came to power.

    ?Under the Terrace Housing Project,seven (7) blocks of terrace houses containing twenty- ei ...
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  • True Talk 9 years ago

    Due to the corruption and incompetence of the NDC we are paying more for petrol in Ghana than they do in USA!! People earn GHC500 a month and spend a third of their wages on transportation costs because of petrol prices.

  • sanjay - Abu Dhabi 9 years ago

    mahama has done nothing stop blaming mahama for nothing, how was petrol gallon, Diesel gallon, and one bag of cement when kuffour took over in 2000, how much did he left the price when his term was over in 2008, long live mah ...
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  • Kwesi Tz 9 years ago

    NDC is one of the incorruptible political parties in Ghana.Well-meaning Ghanaians will attest to that.NDC under the leadership of President Mahama,lives have been changed and Ghana transformed.
    Petrol in Ghana is not higher ...
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  • Vinss 9 years ago

    While you residents of Medina is requesting from a govt who doesnt perform.You are all fools who want to vote for Mahama.You all idiots. Advice yourselves without nobody knowing.ndc followers dont actually READ.

  • NOBODY 9 years ago

    When the NPP and President Kufuor were in office for eight years, Ghanaians then were paying more for electricity than residents in the USA were paying for their local service. Will you attribute that to incompetence and corr ...
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  • NPP SENIOR CITIZEN 9 years ago

    2016 is a done deal for Mahama because Akuffo Addo the tyrant have divided and collapsed the party.Opposition is a must for NPP

  • jib 9 years ago

    Do you really think you are the only Ghanaian that lives in United states? smh. How did you came to that amateurish conclusion that Ghana pays more electricity than America? I reside in USA and I pay $65 a month in summer tim ...
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  • Vinss 9 years ago

    TRUE TALK OR NOT THE MEDINA RESIDENTS ARE ALL COWARDS.NO NEED TO BRING THE PRESENT GOVT.IN JUST REASON WELL AND VOTE HIM OUT. WAS YOUR AWARE OF THESE INCREMENTS?HE CANT DO ANY SHIT FOR YOU CHEAP MINDED PEOPLE.

  • Amenyo, Tema 9 years ago

    No true NDC sympathizer will complain. We all know there are under hand dealings by some Npp elements within ECG working against the President to make him unpopular. But I can assure such people that Truth shall always triump ...
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  • King Bright 9 years ago

    If what you are saying is anything to go by, that true ndc supporters would not bother to complain about high utility bills, incompetence and corruption, then ndc supporters must not live with HUMANS, true.

  • Foreigner 9 years ago

    This is political season and this piece has been definitely written by a NPP sympathizer. However, the facts are the facts. Electrical rates are astronomical. Ghanaians, from their exorbitant rates, are compensating electr ...
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  • Sam 9 years ago

    Don't only vote against Mahama, ask the one you want to take over from Mahama if he/she will reduce the tariffs. NPP should clearly state they will reduce the tariffs if they win power.

  • Slyster 9 years ago

    It's not about reducing tariffs, the government would have to subsidize on certain things to make life easier for the common man.In Angola a gallon of petrol cost $0.89 , that is less than a dollar. What natural resources doe ...
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  • BabaUS 9 years ago

    Unethical and lazy Journalism. Go and interview ECG officials to get their explanation and add it to the story.

  • jack-Daniel 9 years ago

    We some times take things for granted,,,but trust me,,you shall reap what u solely planted....If a politician gives u 20 cedis to vote for him,,,he would take just 2 months out of the 4 years to reap that amount of money ???? ...
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  • AKONFEM MAHAMA 9 years ago

    Keep quiet and suffer for endorsing a woyomized and guinea-fowlized government

  • MULLAR 9 years ago

    DESPERATE NPP SUPPORTERS IN ECG & VRA SABOTAGING MAHAMA. DACK THEM ALL.

  • Clearance seedorf 9 years ago

    Hmmm, Residence of Madina are now crying about high utility tariff. Wo to aduro b)ne a 3bi ka w'ano. Keep mute and let's all feel the heat in the country.

  • Hanan 9 years ago

    The metering problems is in the process of checking to see whether it's a fault or there's something deliberate. So, all should wait for the committee to finish their findings.

  • Tweaaaa 9 years ago

    Bullshit , we should wait for them to continue to cheat us ?

    I am very happy for Ghanaians. We get who we vote for.
    Edey bee keeekee. :)

  • Maame 9 years ago

    OOH!!! GHANA.

  • Tadi man 9 years ago

    Mahama is pretending he can not do anytin abot it. They can but bcos he needs moni 4 elections u r pretending. He has made d election eazy 4 .........

  • Maame 9 years ago

    GHANAIANS WANT GOOD THINGS, BUT DONT LIKE TO SACRIFICE. WE DONT HAVE MONEY FOR LIGHT BILL, BUT WE HAVE MONEY TO FLY BUSINESS CLASS EVERY WEEKEND FOR VACATION. WHY NOT PAY TAXES SO GOVERNMENT CAN SUBSIDIZE FOR THE LOW INCOME. ...
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  • enough 9 years ago

    Maame be reasonable a bit. How many of the residents in madina have passports, or even boarded a plane before? The ordinary Ghanaian is suffering and all you do is to make nauseating assertions. Don't come here to defend the ...
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  • JOE,CHINA 9 years ago

    Please what you are saying is not the case . The masses r suffering. I'm ndc man but the way utility tariffs is collapsing businesses in Ghana is too bad.im not in Ghana n I can't vote because I don't have voter id,but if the ...
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  • Dr. Acquah. 9 years ago

    Whatever happens,vote incompetent Mahama out!

  • Busy 9 years ago

    That will not bring the price down NPP lacks the necessary ideas to do anything different. You remember D511

  • Blackian the General 9 years ago

    The only advise to u is to resign,u fade,nobody need u as a president anymore,u fail,those people who are giving u hope that u wil win,they are all liars,noko fioo,thats why,in abroad we cal it fun fool

  • Kwesi Tz 9 years ago

    The Change is happening already through the developmental projects President Mahama has carried out across the country.JDM is not resigning,he is staying up to continue to change lives and transform Ghana.

    He is construct ...
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  • NOBODY 9 years ago

    A change is coming for the NPP come November. That's when Serial Loser Akufo-Addo will be crowned a three-time loser and retired for good from politics, freeing the NPP from the hijacking shackles of Akufo-Addo.

  • Blackian the General 9 years ago

    IS TO RESIGN

  • NPP KWASEAFUO PARTY. NPP JIMIFUO KUO 9 years ago

    I want to know if our present and past presidents do pay electric bills? If they do, are they happy with the current trend of things? I don't think these leeches pay for anything. They are freeloaders living at the expense of ...
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  • SAY IT AS IT IS 9 years ago

    This shows how our society is so backwards. And needs education on all fronts.
    The radio stations who bring these news needs more education too.
    This is a station which repirts in twi so what is stion doing to tell the co ...
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  • ASH 9 years ago

    Interesting. Make sure you consume what you can pay for. Living your lights on while away from home is a waste.

  • Abraham 9 years ago

    I can tell you.this ndc people are wicked I vote for them.but now I will not vote for them again.I and my family will not vote again.they live comfortable and don't care

  • Stone 9 years ago

    As for ECG/PURC BILKLS will deadly affect the Gov't.

    We shall vote with our Bills in our hands. Why should our house in a typical Village be paying more than Ghc 150 every month.

    As for the Pre-Paid meter the little sai ...
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  • Kwame 9 years ago

    I use prepaid meter, thus no one bills me. What I don't understand is are there people who are still using billing meters? I am not sure if prepaid meters can be adjusted remotely from the offices of ECG. If not then how can ...
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  • Nana Qwarme ( kumasi ) 9 years ago

    hmmmm this administration of Mahama government dea this is wat they can offer to us oooo and do you known the amount of bill we payed last month 1,390:00 gh Cedis and we're four peoples In the house so imagine how much will ...
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  • EDUARDO DOMINGO 9 years ago

    LOOK NANA-ADO IS THE ONLY PROBLEM THAT NPP WILL NEVER WIN ELECTIONS, IF YOU LIKE BRING HIM ON AGAIN IN 2020, THAT IS YOUR YEAR NPP IF YOU STAY CLEAR OF NANA -ADO!!

  • JM 9 years ago

    Prez. Mahama please take ECG high tariffs seriously, is really a sabotage by ECG boss. PURC woman also involved, reason is they call for increment that ,when Ghanaians pay that power dumsor issues will be over, what can Ghana ...
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  • Joe 9 years ago

    When Nana Akuffo Addo said electricity in Ghana is more expensive than rent, NDC members insulted him. When Bawumuah said the haste way in which Mahama is approaching the solving of "dumsor" he was insulted also. Now Ghanaia ...
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  • OKOROMANSA 9 years ago

    WHY WORRY, MAHAMA IS ALREADY GONE. YOU PEOPLE MUST UNDERSTAND THIS SIMPLE FACT THAT MAHAMA IS FINISHED. MAHAMA PROMISED THE ENTIRE NATION SO MANY THINGS, BUT IT IS NOW CLEAR THAT HE HAS FAILED BIG TIME. LISTEN AROUND AND HEA ...
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  • KOFI KWABLA 9 years ago

    LET'S NOT FORGET THAT THE 'WORKERS OF ECG' HAS THREATENED THE 'PRESIDNT'IN THE PAST THAT,IF HE DOES NOT BRING THEIR BOSS INTO OFFICE,THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PUT THE COUNTRY INTO BLACKOUT.

  • Mensah 9 years ago

    That is a problem the president has to deal with. It is his personal problem.

  • SARPONG OSEI 9 years ago

    GHANAIANS REMEMBER 'THE LATE PRESIDENT WHO DID NOT SACK ANY WORKERS FROM TIME OF KUFOUR.SO,IF THERE IS PROBLEM TODAY WITH ECG,NPP AND IT GROUP ARE BEHIND THE BLACKOUT.

  • Victor A. Young 9 years ago

    I posted here some few days ago that I pay .05cents/kilowatt hr that's approx. 20pesewas/kilowatt hr in Ghana. The problem in Ghana is that John Mahama and his corrupt NDC gangs don't have any ideas to make Ghana fell good; e ...
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  • Victor A. Young 9 years ago

    I'm talking about hydro bill in Alberta, Canada. Please take note!

  • bindigah 9 years ago

    Ghanaians are really weak. we are sitting down a Chinese man come to our country fix prepaid meters for us and bring da meters on street later increasing tariffs just da way he likes.

  • Gyeeda, Sada, Suba,Bus Branding Woyom 9 years ago

    The man is a thief. He came only to steal, destroy, and kill just like satan the devil. Jon Mahamaa is an armed robber and we all know that. I wonder why he is not being impeached over cases like Gyeeda, Sada, Suba, Isofoton, ...
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  • NOBODY 9 years ago

    This is another NPP deception, showing clearly why the NPP has no agenda but rather is a party that is going around in circles while spewing deceptions and lies. Akufo-Addo's campaign ship ran aground shortly after it started ...
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  • PEPENI 9 years ago

    they have set up the ECG for foreign take over with all these high tarrifs. At present, the ECG is becoming lucrative enough for the foreign firms to come in. The government was either forced or fooled into this. The prices a ...
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  • Kofi 9 years ago

    Didn't he tell you to be prepared more for electricity if you don't want dumsor?

  • Kwame 9 years ago

    People use prepaid meters, how do these people receive bills. Is it through the post or what. I purchase electricity units when mine got finish, thus no one comes to give me bills.

  • Richlove 9 years ago

    No body is voting against President Mahama, He will be voted again and I hope changes will surely come, because he is already in power and will do something about the challenges

  • Addo Evans 9 years ago

    They show countinue to expose him and his thief ministers

  • Nii Addo 9 years ago

    Let them go to hell.
    Look it is appointed for man to die once. Mahama has done his best. If he is brought down what else can they do to him? Ghanaians are very ungrateful and will continue to suffer no matter who wins the el ...
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