Government through Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has announced the extension of free water and electricity for another three months.
He made the announcement in Parliament on Thursday during his Mid-year Budget review. Free water and electricity were first announced by President Akufo-Addo in April to make up for lost income following a lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
“That is also why we further reduced electricity prices by half and completely provided potable water for free for everybody since March this year. And we will extend it for another three months,” he told Parliament, Thursday.
“It takes a caring government of the people, and with that, I mean, a Government of all the people, to offer cost-free water to all across the country: representing all domestic and commercial customers in Ghana for three months.
“It takes a caring government to be for the people and for business, large and small, to choose to subsidise electricity consumption by 50 per cent to 4,086,286 households and 686,522 businesses at a cost of ¢1.02 billion in three months. And we will extend the coverage for lifeline customers for another three months,” he said.
Source: ghgossip.com
