The National Democratic Congress, during the Mahama administration, cumulatively increased electricity tariff by 166%, Vice-President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said.
On the back of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission’s recent hike in power and water tariffs by 5.94 per cent and 2.22 per cent, respectively, Dr Bawumia said at the launch of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA) at the Bank of Ghana (BoG) Auditorium at the University of Ghana (UG) on Wednesday, 2 October 2019 that: “Between 2013 and 2016, just the last four years of the NDC government, the cumulative increase in electricity tariff was 166%”.
Dr Bawumia said that in line with the Akufo-Addo government’s agenda to create jobs, the administration has embarked on moves to cut electricity tariff to spur more employment.
According to him, “In 2018, we [NPP] reduced electricity prices of businesses by 30% and for households by 17.5 %, an average of around 22%.”
“Earlier this year in July, there was an increase of electricity price of 11% and yesterday of 5.6%. When you take the total cumulative increase on average, as I said, between 2017 and today, you have a cumulative decrease of about 5%”.
He continued: “So, the NDC, in their last four years, increased [electricity tariff] by 166%, we have come down since we have been in government by 5% on average”.
This, Dr Bawumia said, far outweighs the performance of the Mahama administration.
Comparatively, he said it is “still ‘boot for charley-wote’ when you come to electricity pricing”.
Source: classfmonline.com
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U still have this dirty gutter u called mouth to blab right.? IF I were you...I would've just ***barred word*** and find a way of apologising to Ghanaians... See pple Ghanaians have made the mistake to elect...
U still have this dirty mouth to talk er?
The numbers and percentages do not add up. The denominators for computing the various percentages the vice president is talking about are different. It is not simple mathematics like he is alluding to. Ghanaians are wide awake now.
This man is loosing everything that made me love him. He is always comparing himself with his past and comforting himself. This is the highest form of mediocrity. Dr Bawumia, with all due respect, I am very very disappointed in you. Keep behaving like you are still in opposition and you will surely get there... Amen People are complaining about hardship and all you could do was to respond to only those in Opposition and not the ordinary Ghanaians(electorates). Something needs to be done about these Political Parties asap and I prophesy very soon they will feel our pains.
The moment someone or anybody begin to compare someone the past with his or her present it means the person is a complete failure and has to be damped like sh**t. If things were difficult or high under JM, which is a liar anyway, that is wahy we voted him out and brought you inn because you and the NPP were talking as if you know everything about Ghana NOT knowing you Bawmia and NPP are worst than JM and his theam. NPP HAS FAILED WE GHANAIANS AND WE KNOW. WE ARE SERIOUSLY IN PAIN WAITING FOR 2020 TO COME.
I BELIEVE IF THE VICE PREZ HIMSELF PAYS FOR HIS ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION, HE WILL APPRECIATE THE PUBLIC OUTCRY AND NOT TELL US THIS STORIES
I pity this guy called vice president. What do you promised Ghanaians? you promised to make life good for everybody, now you are comparing who increase by what. What is the reason for the current increase? among others is the depreciating of the Cedis which you promised to arrest. Answer why the Cedis is still depreciating and stop childish jokes it does not fit your position. Shame onto you.
So is it mean that in Ghana if something is wrong and a new govt comes into power, they cannot make any change rather keeping on making Comparison whenever a mistake is done?
Ghanaians are not backward people or cannot determine their current harsh conditions. You can lie your way to power, cheap propaganda cannot sustain u in power forever. Look at Borrowmia now resorting to percentage increment.My goodness. No more rent and electricity bill comparison. The kitchen is too hot. Kitchen knives or chicken knives are now weapons for coup making. A government that is not performing well will get scared off "Bentua"" and sees ""Bentua"" as acid bottle or weapon to stage coup in Ghana. During Mahama regime, new power generations plants came on board, namely Ameri karpower,Aksa,Cenit,Bxc,Meienergy,Safisana largely from thermal sources.These were high capital investment into generation mixed needed to be paid for gradually by the consumer in the form tariff adjustment. These gent sets were using largely HFO and aviation fuel at high cost. Atuabo gas was then under development during Mahama. Go to PURC website within Mahama 4 yrs,major tariff went up in Dec 2015 and came down in June 2016 as result realignment of tariff bands. Let The Dr Bawuliar provide data on electricity pricing to justify his Dubious and mischievous calculations. READERES CAN SIMPLE CHECK THE FACTS FROM PURC WEBSITE. LAZILY, DR BAWULIAR simply took end user tariff in 2008 compare end user tariff in 2016. A period of 8yrs span. Then mischievously compare QUARTERLY /4 months incrementally jump with 96months/ 8yrs. In 2016 ,we were told electricity was not affordable. More than a rentals. Granted, How come a electricity prices/value which was deemed to be too expensive than a rent should have a blessing of two increments in July 2019,October 2019 within 3 months even in the era of cheaper gas from Atuabo Gas. Ghanaians can mo longger fall for the impotent and incompetentt Dr Boroowliar.Enough of Bawumia ''kaassaa Dee'' enough of the cheap rhetoric, lies and half baked and uncoordinated lies. Ghanaians were expecting the vice president to tell us cost of a gallon of petrol,fan milk,yoghurt, kalipo prices,Expensive taxes on data,credit transfer,percentage increases in bribery at ""Julorbii" jubilee house. According to Benjamin Disaralie,there are three kinds of lies: LIES,DAMMED LIES, and STATISTICAL LIES. Dr Bawuliar belongs to the latter. STATISTICAL LIAR. He should compare rent and electricity prices. Now changing the barometer. What a liarlist vice president. #CHANGE THE BAWULIAR
Ghanaians are not backward or cannot determine their conditions. You can lie your way to power, cheap propaganda cannot sustain u in power.look at Borrowmia now resorting to percentage increment.Mahama region new generations came on board,Ameri karpower,Aksa,Cenit,Bxc,Meienergy,Safisana largely from thermal sources.These investment into generation mixed needed to be paid for by the consumer in the form tariff adjustment. These gent sets were using largely HFO and aviation fuel at high cost.Atuabo gas was under development during Manama.within Mahama 4 yrs,major tariff went up in Dec 2015 and came down in June 2016 as result realignment of tariff bands. Let The Dr Bawuliar provide data on electricity pricing to justify his Dubious and mischievous calculations. By simply taking end user tariff in 2008 compare end user tariff in 2016.a period of 8yrs. Then compare QUARTERLY /4 months incrementally jump with 96months/ 8yrs. In 2016 ,we were told electricity was not affordable. More than a rent.How come a value which was more than a rent should be increased in July 2019,October 2019 with even now cheaper power from Atuabo Gas. Ghanaians can mo linger fall for Dr Boroowliar.Enough of Bawumia ''kaassaa Dee'' enough of the cheap rhetoric, lies and half baked lies. Was expecting the vice president to tell us cost of a gallon of petrol,fan milk,yoghurt, kalipo prices,Expensive taxes on data,credit transfer,percentage increases in bribery at ""Julorbii" jubilee house.according to Benjamin Disaralie,there are three kinds of lies: lies,Dammed lies, and Statistics Lies. Dr Bawuliar belongs to the latter. Statistically liarlist. He should compare rent and electricity prices. Now changing the barometer. What a liarlist vice president.