Former Deputy Power Minister, John Jinapor is asking the Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to stop being political with respect to increase in power tariffs in the country.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosi Sen show, Mr Jinapor said Dr Bawumia should concentrate on the Public Utilities and Regulatory Commission (PURC) and deal withe main problem without any political focal point.
“I think the Vice President wants to be political which is very bad. When they assumed office, they have been increasing tariff unnecessarily and so which evidence does he have to show that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) increased electricity tariff by 166%? This kind of voodoo analysis won’t work,” he said.
PURC reported a 5.6 percent expansion in power tariffs on Monday, September 30, 2019, prompting claims by the opposition that the Akuffo – Addo administration had mishandled the power sector, thus the “unprecedented” increment.
The Vice President, when justifying the recent increment in electricity tariffs said the NDC administration under John Mahama cumulatively increased electricity tariff by 166%.
However, the Member of Parliament for Yapei Kusawg constituency said Dr Bawumia simply decided in a political way to focus just on the addition, put them together, find the cumulative figure and put it in general public.
Mr Jinapor said he suspects the increment is focused at the proposed restructuring of the Power Distribution Services (PDS) deal with the goal of satisfying some cronies in their journey to assume control over the PDS deal through the indirect access.
