Ghanaians To Enjoy Free Electricity For 3 Months Amid Coronavirus

President Akufo-Addo has announced a three months free electricity for low consumers and a 50% cut for the high class starting April 2020.

The President made this announcement in his 6th nations address on the coronavirus in the country on Thursday, April 9, 2020.

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This according to him, is part of the government’s relief intervention amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

“We have decided further measure of mitigation for Ghanaians for the next three months… Government will fully absorb electricity bills for the poorest of the poor, i.e: lifeline consumers. This will cover persons who consume 0 to 50-kilowatt hours per month for this period. This forms part of relief interventions by the state amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

Other categories of consumers will enjoy a 50 percent discount within the same period. For all other consumers, residential and commercial, the government will absorb 50 percent of your electricity bill for this period using your March 2020 bill as the benchmark,” he said.

In the President’s previous address on Sunday, April, 2020, he announced that Government will absorb three months water bill for every Ghanaian starting April 2020 to cushion them amid the lockdown.

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Meanwhile, the President extended the partial lockdown in Accra and Kumasi by seven more days starting Monday April 13, 2020.

SOURCE: AfricaCelebrities.Com