IMF Conditions: Electricity tariffs to go up by 14.75%, water by 4.02% from May 3

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THE END IS AT HAND 8 months ago

see where the e-levy has ended???? hahaha hahaha

see where the e-levy has ended???? hahaha hahaha
CECILLIA DAPPAAH 8 months ago

THE USELESS MPs ARE ENJOYING GHc150,000 AND OTHER FREEBIES INCLUDING THAT WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY CALLED EX-GRATIA FOR NOTHING. IDIOTIC, USELESS AND CRIMINAL APPOINTEES WHO HOLD VARIOUS OFFICES DON'T PAY FOR UTILITIES AND YE ...
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THE USELESS MPs ARE ENJOYING GHc150,000 AND OTHER FREEBIES INCLUDING THAT WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY CALLED EX-GRATIA FOR NOTHING. IDIOTIC, USELESS AND CRIMINAL APPOINTEES WHO HOLD VARIOUS OFFICES DON'T PAY FOR UTILITIES AND YET, AFTER THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND MISMANAGEMENT, IT IS THE TAXPAYER WHO SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN OF EXTRA CHARGES. THE ORAL MADE A LOT OF NOISE TO RECOVER WHATEVER THEY THINK HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE STATE AND TILL NOW, NO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN INCRIMINATED, PROSECUTED OR OTHERWISE AND THEY'RE STILL ENJOYING THEIR STOLEN RESOURCES. IS JOHN MAHAMA FOR REAL AT ALL? TIME BOMB.
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New order 8 months ago

I am sure you an Ashanti aboa too

I am sure you an Ashanti aboa too
Daniel 8 months ago

What happens to the encouragement of the 24,hr bogus economy? Witbtbis hike in tariffs. LIar NDC

What happens to the encouragement of the 24,hr bogus economy? Witbtbis hike in tariffs. LIar NDC
Shamo 8 months ago

Nana Addo come for your stone ,oyiwa more taxes to come and prices of goods and services will escalate . workers ask increment of salaries.Uselles government.

Nana Addo come for your stone ,oyiwa more taxes to come and prices of goods and services will escalate . workers ask increment of salaries.Uselles government.
Kramai 8 months ago

Far better than Nana Addo’s time

Far better than Nana Addo’s time
Mansah 8 months ago

Senior the Problem with Blacks is Fanatism bootlicking name it.
When it is wrong say it based on what the fellow came to tell you!!
Nana Addo did you hear each of the 275 Mps then being given Ghs250K For Projects plus Ghs15 ...
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Senior the Problem with Blacks is Fanatism bootlicking name it.
When it is wrong say it based on what the fellow came to tell you!!
Nana Addo did you hear each of the 275 Mps then being given Ghs250K For Projects plus Ghs150K for monitoring?400KX275=Ghs110m!!!
Where on the planet do you give a mason 10 bags of cement to work with and then you the foreman 71/2 bags to monitor them???
Where?
In any case has your salary been increased to meet these demands?the 10%?so if your mother us dead and you say he's asleep cool she will wake up you people are there in Ghana sibg hallelujah like tge days of old Nkrumah never dies....
Pouv 8 months ago

It's also about the mess he and his npp goons left behind that's left the economy in shambles after they also inherited a mess created by this reelected administration. Both parties are one and the same. TOSSERS!

It's also about the mess he and his npp goons left behind that's left the economy in shambles after they also inherited a mess created by this reelected administration. Both parties are one and the same. TOSSERS!
Aba Sam 8 months ago

Electricity tariffs has been increased by about 15% yet our MPs have been given 150000 cedis Getfund money to CHOP. Couldn't this amount be used to cushion the citizens.

Electricity tariffs has been increased by about 15% yet our MPs have been given 150000 cedis Getfund money to CHOP. Couldn't this amount be used to cushion the citizens.
Ahmed Barnor 8 months ago

Well said

Well said
Nana Animle 8 months ago

This is cowardice A1. I urge you to collect all outstanding areas from consumers before thinking about upward review

I need a pro bono lawyer so we use based on evidence and documents in public domain that officers of ECG ...
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This is cowardice A1. I urge you to collect all outstanding areas from consumers before thinking about upward review

I need a pro bono lawyer so we use based on evidence and documents in public domain that officers of ECG and Ghana Water who are negligent must face the music be dismissed
John k 8 months ago

Which can nonsense is that.

People mismanaged it others paying for it how .

Which can nonsense is that.

People mismanaged it others paying for it how .
Kokofu STABILITY NKWASIAS3M 8 months ago

After discovering such stealing, criminality and wastage, you should know that the solution is not increasing tariffs but stopping the evil going on there. What's the justification?

After discovering such stealing, criminality and wastage, you should know that the solution is not increasing tariffs but stopping the evil going on there. What's the justification?
KB 8 months ago

Kwasiafo you people sitting there and containers almost four thousand missing stollen of. Money and hopelessness and more this people must die by now in Burkina Faso

Kwasiafo you people sitting there and containers almost four thousand missing stollen of. Money and hopelessness and more this people must die by now in Burkina Faso
Agyeman 8 months ago

i laugh saa, eye zu eye azaa so so short sightedness. tell them a bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. why scrap elevy when you don't know how to recoup it. now the eye zuus are doing lucky dope and treasure hunt. pathetic tu ...
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i laugh saa, eye zu eye azaa so so short sightedness. tell them a bird in hand is worth 2 in the bush. why scrap elevy when you don't know how to recoup it. now the eye zuus are doing lucky dope and treasure hunt. pathetic turn of events. Ghana is just a laughing stock out hear
Kofi Sam 8 months ago

PURC please stop these increments and ask those institutions to check on their operations especially acts of inefficiencies and thievery. Citizens are suffering from this increases. Please stop and focus on the core roots of ...
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PURC please stop these increments and ask those institutions to check on their operations especially acts of inefficiencies and thievery. Citizens are suffering from this increases. Please stop and focus on the core roots of the causes of the reasons you have to increase tariffs.
CECILLIA DAPPAAH 8 months ago

THE USELESS MPs ARE ENJOYING GHc150,000 AND OTHER FREEBIES INCLUDING THAT WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY CALLED EX-GRATIA FOR NOTHING. IDIOTIC, USELESS AND CRIMINAL APPOINTEES WHO HOLD VARIOUS OFFICES DON'T PAY FOR UTILITIES AND YE ...
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THE USELESS MPs ARE ENJOYING GHc150,000 AND OTHER FREEBIES INCLUDING THAT WASTE OF TAXPAYERS MONEY CALLED EX-GRATIA FOR NOTHING. IDIOTIC, USELESS AND CRIMINAL APPOINTEES WHO HOLD VARIOUS OFFICES DON'T PAY FOR UTILITIES AND YET, AFTER THEIR CRIMINAL ACTIVITIES AND MISMANAGEMENT, IT IS THE TAXPAYER WHO SHOULD BEAR THE BURDEN OF EXTRA CHARGES. THE ORAL MADE A LOT OF NOISE TO RECOVER WHATEVER THEY THINK HAVE BEEN STOLEN FROM THE STATE AND TILL NOW, NO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN INCRIMINATED, PROSECUTED OR OTHERWISE AND THEY'RE STILL ENJOYING THEIR STOLEN RESOURCES. IS JOHN MAHAMA FOR REAL AT ALL? SITTING ON TIME BOMB.
Electrty 8 months ago

Ndc and npp they are the same no ha pé we are going to suffer

Ndc and npp they are the same no ha pé we are going to suffer
Electrty 8 months ago

Ndc and npp they are the same no ha pé we are going to suffer

Ndc and npp they are the same no ha pé we are going to suffer
Navrongo Man 8 months ago

We told you NDC has nothing to offer. Could you imagine what they would have said if NPP was still in power

We told you NDC has nothing to offer. Could you imagine what they would have said if NPP was still in power
Denise 8 months ago

Instead of arresting government officials who ruined the company, you are rather putting the on the innocent citizens.... All this government is doing now is to tell us about the problems without any serious effort to recover ...
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Instead of arresting government officials who ruined the company, you are rather putting the on the innocent citizens.... All this government is doing now is to tell us about the problems without any serious effort to recover..... Mahama is becoming too naustalgic. You can never succeed whilst your enemies are dinning, they'll set traps and delays your progress.
Nzulu 8 months ago

Gentleman the truth is that all that they say about mismanagement is just throw dust I yo your eyes. There is nothing like that. How do you expect ttem to cover the shortfall created by removing e-levy. THEY TRICKED YOU!

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Gentleman the truth is that all that they say about mismanagement is just throw dust I yo your eyes. There is nothing like that. How do you expect ttem to cover the shortfall created by removing e-levy. THEY TRICKED YOU!

Just take things cool and enjoy the tariffs rise. It will even get worse.
Santos 8 months ago

When it is coming it is doing, you sell your colour TV go buy Black and White

When it is coming it is doing, you sell your colour TV go buy Black and White
Kwame 8 months ago

This electricity tafiifs icreament must be rejected on thw background that the waist is the results and is too much. The containers if gotten tafiffs must be even reduced.

This electricity tafiifs icreament must be rejected on thw background that the waist is the results and is too much. The containers if gotten tafiffs must be even reduced.
T 8 months ago

Ghanaians have been scanned. Sad

Ghanaians have been scanned. Sad
Abusuapanin 8 months ago

That is Mahama's RESET agenda. Give workers only 10% salary increase. Then increase electricity tariffs by 14%. Cocaine government. Where is Okudjeto Ablakwa? Ghanaians have not seen anything yet.

That is Mahama's RESET agenda. Give workers only 10% salary increase. Then increase electricity tariffs by 14%. Cocaine government. Where is Okudjeto Ablakwa? Ghanaians have not seen anything yet.
BB 8 months ago

I have just noticed that most of the people who have commented here are either ill informed or deliberately commenting the way they are doing it. This is my reason for the above statement. The previous government signed an IM ...
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I have just noticed that most of the people who have commented here are either ill informed or deliberately commenting the way they are doing it. This is my reason for the above statement. The previous government signed an IMF deal and the quarterly increment of utilities were part of the conditions which they gladly signed and did not open to Ghanaians. Politician have taking Ghanaians for granted for far too long.
Mansah 8 months ago

BB there are a bevy of highly intelligent persons who come here to sample news.
The Loans and others that Goverment Contract are not Freebies from US who are the largest contributors The fact is every loan contracted by your ...
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BB there are a bevy of highly intelligent persons who come here to sample news.
The Loans and others that Goverment Contract are not Freebies from US who are the largest contributors The fact is every loan contracted by your goverment per your constituion needs to be approved by Parliament your representatives so not opening up to Ghanaians is not the question ask the Parliamentarians to answer it.
Income levels are low tell your goverment to redirect the lamentations,propaganda etc to open up tweak the economy so locals can partake to increase their consumption.
Read about Burkina no fanciful talk no propaganda no lamentation it's action nkoaaaaa
T 8 months ago

In 2016 NDC went to IMF yet npp managed to make things easy in 2017, they recruited doctors, nurses, teachers, they even introduced Nabco. What is ndc doing? 24hr economy 419, youth unemployment 419, nurses recruitment 419, ...
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In 2016 NDC went to IMF yet npp managed to make things easy in 2017, they recruited doctors, nurses, teachers, they even introduced Nabco. What is ndc doing? 24hr economy 419, youth unemployment 419, nurses recruitment 419, teachers recruitment 419, doctors recruitment 419. What's going on is a complete scam.
Justice 8 months ago

What is going on? Have we voted for more hardship? Government should sit up. We need economic improvement in our pockets.

What is going on? Have we voted for more hardship? Government should sit up. We need economic improvement in our pockets.
Anane Mensah 8 months ago

What efforts have you made to collect from those who owe you and are engaged in illegal connection etc. This country is becoming very difficult to live in without being a criminal

What efforts have you made to collect from those who owe you and are engaged in illegal connection etc. This country is becoming very difficult to live in without being a criminal
Innocent 8 months ago

Ur thought is as good as mine....

Ur thought is as good as mine....
Salim 8 months ago

This people are heartless, ECG and Ghana water are they not government entities, who controls the exchange rate or cedi depreciation is it not bank of Ghana which is also government entity, Ghanaians must resist this heartles ...
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This people are heartless, ECG and Ghana water are they not government entities, who controls the exchange rate or cedi depreciation is it not bank of Ghana which is also government entity, Ghanaians must resist this heartless decision. After increment what is next, stolen of expensive cables….twaaa
Mad dog 8 months ago

Useless mahama and the ndc lied their way to power

Useless mahama and the ndc lied their way to power
Bitter truth 8 months ago

Ghanaians will learn the hard way..I said Ndc is a curse to Ghana..Mahama the most deceptive person ever to exist in the history of Ghana with his zongo uncivilized appointees..if Ndc is able to rule past 4years, I will never ...
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Ghanaians will learn the hard way..I said Ndc is a curse to Ghana..Mahama the most deceptive person ever to exist in the history of Ghana with his zongo uncivilized appointees..if Ndc is able to rule past 4years, I will never comment on this platform again..I have served God through out my whole life and my God never fails me..Anytime I have a bad feelings about something, it means that thing is not good..since Mahama’ was voted as a president, I have never had any good feelings about him as a president..Not because I don’t like him as a president but because something keeps telling me he is just coming to waste 4 years of our time..Nana Addo, God bless u and give u more years on earth..the next Ndc move will be that they will go to IMF/world bank..Betting tax is good, E-levy is good..because of desperation for power, Mahama made it seems like there like they were bad taxes..even developed countries like USA, Canada and Uk has taxes on betting..how can a poor country like Ghana scrap betting tax because of politics
Tofic 8 months ago

We voted for you to increase it
You can make it 100%

We voted for you to increase it
You can make it 100%
Martin Kreisler 8 months ago

What is the meaning of this "50% outstanding revenue from previous quarters in 2024"?
It must be explained how this came about.
Or is this a strategy to burden the consumers with an increase which is in reality more than th ...
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What is the meaning of this "50% outstanding revenue from previous quarters in 2024"?
It must be explained how this came about.
Or is this a strategy to burden the consumers with an increase which is in reality more than the 14.7% anounced?
Kojois 8 months ago

Why increase. NDC and Mahama said they are going to reset ghana so why increase. Foolish people with low iq

Why increase. NDC and Mahama said they are going to reset ghana so why increase. Foolish people with low iq
Osa 8 months ago

Oh naa. This cannot happen in NDC's time. Everything must come down.

Oh naa. This cannot happen in NDC's time. Everything must come down.
Forlifive 8 months ago

Npp is simply dumb for their followers to lay blames on mHahama. Forgetting it's part of their IMF conditions before they left office. Very cruel npp and it's supporters

Npp is simply dumb for their followers to lay blames on mHahama. Forgetting it's part of their IMF conditions before they left office. Very cruel npp and it's supporters
Kofi Akwetey 8 months ago

Was the IMF program not in effect during the past regime? Oga, not everything can be blamed on the past government. By the way, usung the PURC ton escalate utility rates is a Mahama trade mark. Just cast your mind back to 20 ...
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Was the IMF program not in effect during the past regime? Oga, not everything can be blamed on the past government. By the way, usung the PURC ton escalate utility rates is a Mahama trade mark. Just cast your mind back to 2015 to 2016, when Lady Jantuah ruled the PURC like a queen.
Mawuli 8 months ago

The stupidity of John Balthazar is Soo clear in his face. U remove 1% to introduce 14+% . Now let the fools who were happy talk. Explain to ur poor mother in ur village that the betting tax has been given to Dem to pay in a f ...
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The stupidity of John Balthazar is Soo clear in his face. U remove 1% to introduce 14+% . Now let the fools who were happy talk. Explain to ur poor mother in ur village that the betting tax has been given to Dem to pay in a fuckn way
Koti 8 months ago

Resetting Ghana. This is a nice way to recoup the e-levy and the betting tax. We need electricity for the 24hour economy. Is the increase going to affect those who voted for the NPP? After increase of electricity tarrifs, ev ...
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Resetting Ghana. This is a nice way to recoup the e-levy and the betting tax. We need electricity for the 24hour economy. Is the increase going to affect those who voted for the NPP? After increase of electricity tarrifs, even the price of orange would go up. Nana Addo made Ghana hard. Mahama is going to make Ghana softer with just 14.75 increase in electricity tarrifs. Eye zu!!!
Alex 8 months ago

Which IMF conditions? And those NDC blind people are rather blaming NPP government signing agreement with IMF. So how many times did NPP government increase electricity tariffs? It was in Ato Forson's budget that tariffs will ...
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Which IMF conditions? And those NDC blind people are rather blaming NPP government signing agreement with IMF. So how many times did NPP government increase electricity tariffs? It was in Ato Forson's budget that tariffs will be increased every three months. And the fools are here blaming IMF conditions. The suffering continues under this fake NDC government which is full of liars, fools and incompetent rats.
John Antwi 8 months ago

The reason for the increase lack sense. How can you increase utility bills all because you are a
Not able to recover your revenue?
This is sheer stupidity

The reason for the increase lack sense. How can you increase utility bills all because you are a
Not able to recover your revenue?
This is sheer stupidity
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Kofi 8 months ago

When u take taxes off u want the glory but blames IMF for price hikes. Gyimiiii suban like that

When u take taxes off u want the glory but blames IMF for price hikes. Gyimiiii suban like that
James Bonsu 8 months ago

Why can't Ghana get a leader like Burkina Faso, with all the natural resources Ghana had, why do we have to kneel down and kiss asses to get IMF loans.Explain to the citizens the condition the Country is in, no more borrowing ...
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Why can't Ghana get a leader like Burkina Faso, with all the natural resources Ghana had, why do we have to kneel down and kiss asses to get IMF loans.Explain to the citizens the condition the Country is in, no more borrowing from anywhere and let Nation be content to what we have, l beg ooo.
Kim 8 months ago

Ghanaians are too calm, why are we sitting down for this treatment? Let's rise Ghanaians, let's rise

Ghanaians are too calm, why are we sitting down for this treatment? Let's rise Ghanaians, let's rise
Isaac 8 months ago

Utilities have been increased all these years by PURC with the same explanation of making the service providers more efficient but I am yet to see that efficiency. Their problems are more of mismanagement, unexplained high ex ...
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Utilities have been increased all these years by PURC with the same explanation of making the service providers more efficient but I am yet to see that efficiency. Their problems are more of mismanagement, unexplained high expenditure and inefficient systems of revenue collection. IMF never helped us. It has rather made the nation worse off.
Kobby11_11 8 months ago

Misleading headline.

Misleading headline.
Agyeman 8 months ago

this cannot be true and I really really really doubt of this is an IMF condition. looks like a blatant way of filling the pit for more cash to be looted. pathetic, sad and wicked people.

this cannot be true and I really really really doubt of this is an IMF condition. looks like a blatant way of filling the pit for more cash to be looted. pathetic, sad and wicked people.
JDM 8 months ago

Perfecto! Eye Zu.

Perfecto! Eye Zu.

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IMF Conditions: Electricity tariffs to go up by 14.75%, water by 4.02% from May 3

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