Part of the debt owed by Parliament to the Ghanaian Electricity Company has been paid (ECG).
After paying GH 8.5 million of the GH 13 million owed to the ECG to keep it connected to the national grid, this was the case.
After the ECG’s Revenue Mobilization Taskforce visited the House yesterday, the partial payment was paid.
Following negotiations with the task force, administrative staff at the Parliament House made the payment using the bank authorised by ECG.
The payment to Parliament was made in two installments: GH$3.5 million was made electronically by check, and GH$5 million was to be made through the GIFMIS system of the Ministry of Finance.
The debt being recovered will be paid to the designated payment portals, according to Laila Abubakari, External Communications Manager for ECG, who stated that since the taskforce was not getting cash.
“Because we do not accept cash, everyone making a payment must do it via an electronic method or a bank.
True, she responded, “Parliament made part payment, issuing a check for GH3.5 million with an additional GH5 million to be paid by the Finance Ministry through the GIFMIS platform, thus in total, an amount of GH8.5 million was paid.
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Reconciliation
In response to the incident, a source close to Parliament claimed that it had requested a reassessment of the bill for proper reconciliation.
“We are requesting that the bill submitted in the name of Parliament be reviewed because it appears to be for the entire Parliament enclave, which appears to include other units and even individual homes within the enclave.
“Once that is done, the actual bill in the name of the establishment will be known ,” a source close to Parliament told the Daily Graphic.
Airport Company
In a related development , the Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has also paid GH¢10 million out of its GH¢28million arrears.
The GACL has also agreed on a payment plan to settle the remaining GH¢18 million in two weeks.
Ms Abubakari said the taskforce would continue its exercise and customers who had unsettled bills would be given the opportunity to agree to payment plans to settle their debt.
Exercise
The ECG yesterday began a nationwide revenue mobilisation exercise to recover all unpaid bills amounting to GH¢5.7 billion from its customers.
The exercise, which will last for a month, targets domestic users, businesses, organisations, ministries, departments and state agencies for power already consumed from 2022 to February this year.
Last week, the ECG announced that it would embark on a revenue mobilisation exercise from March 20 to April 20, 2023, to recoup all debts owed by all categories of customers, including state owned enterprises (SOEs).
