President Nana Akufo-Addo has said Government will, thus, continue to pay the electricity bills for the nation’s one million active lifeline customers for the next three months, i.e. January, February, and March 2021.
Additionally, all one million, five hundred thousand customers of the Ghana Water Company, whose consumption is not more than five cubic meters a month, will not pay any bills for the next three months, i.e. for January, February and March.
He said this relief package will be reviewed at the end of March.
In the Government quest to help shield citizens from the effects of the virus, the Government decided to provide relief to Ghanaians, which included the absorption of electricity and water bills from April to December 2020.
However, with the continuing difficulties occasioned by the pandemic.
He said” Fellow Ghanaians, it has been over nine (9) months since we all made adjustments to many aspects of our lives and daily routines. It has not been an easy task, I know. However, we have done so to protect our lives, the lives of our loved ones, and the lives of our heroic health workers who continue to care for those affected by the virus and the sick in general. With Ghana set to procure her first consignment of the COVID vaccines within the first half of this year, there is light at the end of the tunnel. But, we are not yet out of the woods. So, let us all continue down the path of strict adherence to the protocols. There is nothing beyond us, the Ghanaian people, who were the first in sub-Saharan Africa to gain our freedom from colonial rule. We can do it.”
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Kofi Atakora
