Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta has announced in Parliament an extension of the free water, electricity subsidy package government earlier implemented to mitigate the impact of the Coronavirus.
President Akufo Addo announced in April a free water package and electricity subsidy for all Ghanaians to cushion the dire impacts of the Covid-19 on citizen livelihood.
Speaking to Parliament in a mid year budget review on Thursday, Ofori Atta said, “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 added, “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: GhanaFeed.com