Tariff increases will be accepted if govt honours debt owed ECG — CPP

The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has called on the government to pay debts owed the Electricity Company of Ghana. The party said it was only when the government fulfilled its financial obligations to the ECG and other utility service providers that the recent tariff increases would be accepted.

These were contained in a press release signed by the CPP’s Director of Communications, Nii Armah Akomfrah.

Utility companies are currently engaging the public as part of processes to justify the request for tariff increases.

But the CPP said it believes the government cannot owe huge sums to the service providers while burdening ordinary citizens.

According to the party, the only condition for a public acceptance of the proposed 100 per cent increase in electricity tariff is the payment of debts owed the ECG by the government.

The government, the CPP said, had set a bad example and until it corrected this lapse in the conduct of public affairs, it loses any moral right to call on citizens to accept a 100 per cent increase in tariffs.

The alternative, according to the CPP, is for citizens to follow the example of the government and reject the increments until the government sets a worthy example in the performance of her financial obligations to public institutions.