Source: newsthemegh.com
Parliament in Ghana has made it clear that the amount owed on its unpaid electricity bill is GH¢12 million, not GH¢23 million.
The media’s extensive coverage of Thursday, February 29, 2024, was inaccurate because it came after the Electricity Company of Ghana’s “Operation Zero Balance” campaign resulted in a power outage to the legislature and the MPs’ office complex.
Correcting the amount, Mr. Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, Deputy Clerk of Corporate and Financial Management Services Division in Parliament, stated that the House had GH¢12 million remaining to clear after making a partial payment of GH¢13 million on Tuesday, February 27, 2024.
He said that the ECG’s records did not include all of the payments paid by parliament.
“As far as we are concerned, we’ve made payment”, Mr Djietror insisted in an interview with Citi FM.
“All the payment we have made, some have not reflected in their system. That’s what I’m saying. Some do not reflect in their system”, he said.
“We have a breakdown, so, we showed it to the Deputy Managing Director. We are just coming from his office. I said they should reconcile the account”, he added.
“We are going to get the bank to extract all the payments we’ve made in terms of the dates”. “I’m not sure how it’s captured, so, there’s a gap in terms of the reconciliation as to what is the outstanding bill”, he reiterated