Accra, April 9, 2020//-Ghana’s President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo today announced that the government would fully cover the bills of low-income consumers of electricity in the country for April, May and June, 2020.
Mr Akufo-Addo who announced this today in his six telecast address to the nation on measures towards containing the spread of the deadly coronavirus (COVID-19), added that the remaining consumers would also enjoy a 50 percent reduction in the cost of electricity for the same period.
In his words: “We have decided further measure of mitigation for Ghanaians for the next three months. Government will fully absorb electricity bills for the poorest of the poor, ie: lifeline consumers.
This will cover persons who consume zero to 50-kilowatt hours per month for this period. This forms part of relief interventions by the state amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Other categories of consumers will enjoy a 50 percent discount within the same period. For all other consumers, residential and commercial, the government will absorb 50 percent of your electricity bill for this period using your March 2020 bill as the benchmark”.
In the President’s previous address on Sunday, April 5, 2020, announced that the government would absorb the water bills for all Ghanaians for April, May and June 2020.
It was in that same address that the government imposed partial restrictions on movement of people in the Accra, Tema, Kasoa and the Kumasi metropolis in a bid to contain the spread of the disease.
African Eye Report
