Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh's one year in charge of Energy Ministry in review
Accra Great Olympics continued their dominance over Accra Hearts of Oak in recent times as they pipped their city rivals 1-0 at the Accra Stadium yesterday.
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Accra Great Olympics continued their dominance over Accra Hearts of Oak in recent times as they pipped their city rivals 1-0 at the Accra Stadium yesterday.
The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described the current graduated electricity tariffs system as punitive, and therefore does not encourage small-scale industries to use energy to increase production for industrial growth, employment generation and wealth creation. He said in order to address the current punitive system where consumers that use more paid more per the same unit, the ministry had taken advantage of the Energy Sector Recovery Taskforce under a World Bank programme and had engaged the PURC to address the situation. Dr Prempeh, flanked by a Deputy Minister fo...
705 The Minister of Energy, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has described the current graduated electricity tariffs system as punitive, and therefore does not encourage small-scale industries to use energy to increase production for industrial growth, employment generation and wealth creation. He said in order to address the current punitive system where consumers that use more paid more per the same unit, the ministry had taken advantage of the Energy Sector Recovery Taskforce under a World Bank programme and had engaged the PURC to address the situation. Dr Prempeh, flanked by a Deputy Minister f...
On Wednesday, 12th May 2021, the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana National Gas Company (GNGC), Dr. Ben K.D. Asante, in the company of his senior management paid a courtesy call on the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Present with the CEO at this meeting were the following members of the management: Mr. Benjamin Baidoo, Procurement and Logistics, Mr. Albert Nanevie, Internal Audit, Ms. Augustina Asare Osei, Government Relations, Ms. Alma-Leigh Mensah, Human Resource and Administration as well as Mr. Stephen Donkor, Community Relations and Corporate Social Responsibility. The purpose of...
The Managing Director of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) Mr Kwame Agyeman-Budu has asked residents of Kumasi in the Ashanti region to brace up for more power outages from now till the end of the year. He said the current situation of unannounced power outages could persist till the end of the year by which time the company would have resolved the challenges facing its power systems. According to him, the situation being experienced by a section of residents in Kumasi and its environs was due to system challenges and not generation problems. Time table However, he said the company wa...