President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s announcement of a reduction in electricity tariffs for tailors, barbers and hairdressers is problematic, Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst at the Institute of Energy Security (IES), has said.
According to him, the plan announced by the president is alien to the energy sector in the country, therefore, that announcement has embarrassed the president among industry players.
He has accordingly called on the handlers of the president “to save him from some of these embarrassments.”
Mr Akufo-Addo announced that from January this year, non-residential users of electricity in the country would enjoy an average of 14 per cent reduction in electricity tariffs.
According to Nana Akufo-Addo, not only has government succeeded in normalising the power situation in the country, “we now want to boost private business in our country.”
Thus, the President indicated that “from January this year, the non-residential tariff rate, which is the rate which includes all of you here, is being reduced by an average of 14%. For barbers, it is being reduced by 18%; for hairdressers and beauticians, 15.7%, and for tailors, 9.8%.”
Nana Akufo-Addo continued: “An average bill last year was GHS562 a month. With this reduction from January, it is coming down to GHS473 a month, which means GHS88 has been taken from the electricity tariff that you pay. We want to encourage private business, and make business stand on its feet.”
The President made this known on Monday, 15th January, 2017, at the opening of the 8th Salon Academy of the National Association of Beauticians and Hairdressers, held at the Mensah Sarbah Hall, University of Ghana, Legon.
But reacting to these comments in an interview on Accra FM on Wednesday, 17 January 2018, Mr Rockson said: “Since when did we single out hairdressers, barbers, and tailors, to reduce tariffs for them? There is nothing like that in the ACT. People are now asking: Are we going to bring different meters for these categories of people because that communication is problematic.
“The president gave one example that he said barbers and hairdressers who were paying 500 something, this time he is going to pay 400 and something and so there is a reduction of GHS88. How did the president come to that conclusion?
“I think the handlers of the president, sometimes, they should save the president from some of these embarrassment because truly speaking if you ask any industry player, there is nothing like that.
“If at the end of the day we have residential and nonresidential and that is what we are going to do, fine. At the end of the day we are going to review and make sure that nonresidential which is normally for businesses comes down. But to single out barbers, tailors, hairdressers, we don’t have anything like that in the price build up.”
Source: classfmonline.com
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It does not matter what NDC serial writers comment about Nana Addo, the man is producing results NDC failed to achieve which makes it unprecedented in Ghana's political history. This has embarrassed the NDC who are finding it difficult to fight and hide their inefficiencies and conspicuous waste of resources which characterized their 4 years reign.
At Nana's first media cncounter a question was asked how many jobs NPP has generated and Nana's answer was that he had spent only 6 months in office and that he would be able to give specific figure at end of one year in office. Come one year and same question was asked and Nana? could Not answer. Is it old age or clear case of INCOMPETENCE? Papa old man you look very uninspiring and people have lost confidence in you PERIOD
A SLEEPING PRESIDENT ALWAYS SPEAKS SLEEPING WORDS.
incompetent drugs adict akofu is sleeping he cant read and understand so his handlers allways decieved him
What is wrong with the POGHA (NADAA) giving examples of people or businesses within the NON-RESIDENTIAL category..??? Should he have mentioned all the business within that category or he could give examples..?? NDC people don't think, and they can read but don't understand! Tweeaaaa. You people are loosers, low intelligent mammals.
Common sense at work. I think Mr. Rockson has rather embarrass himself. The president is using those businesses as example. It is simple to differentiate between nonresidential and residential customers. It is time for so called experts to stop doing politics with everything in the country.
Deception by this government is legendary. Unfortunately, the media which until this government came to power makes noise at the least information they gather have all turned deaf and dumb. So who speaks for the voiceless now? So I ask the question do these media houses have vested interest in bringing this government to power and to the extent that they have turned a blind eye to all the happenings of this regime as if nothing negative is happening. Hitherto, everything that happens is attributed to the governing regime. Now things that happen are rather traced to people who are remotely connected to it instead of what they used to say and do. That is a form of corruption.
INCOMPETENT NANA,HE IS SLEEPING AGAIN!!"UNAWARE GOVERNMENT"!!!EVERYBODY IS DOING WHAT THEY LIKE BCOS THE HEAD IS SHAKING!!