He claims to have the right figures of the actual debt government owes and will make it public in due time.
“What they [Government] are doing is propaganda. What they are saying is not true and they know it. I am working on a statement and will soon come out with facts and figures,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.
Govt Clears GH¢2bn ECG Debt
Government, on Tuesday, said it has cleared over GH¢2 billion debt owed ECG.
“In 2016, when the NDC left power, the total amount owed the ECG was GH¢2.63 billion. The NPP, on the assumption of office, ensured it was current on all the bills incurred from 2017 to date," Energy Minister John Peter Amewu who revealed this also noted: "President Akufo-Addo has paid 2 billion annually to cover bills to ECG".
“All bills have been paid to ECG with a credit of 500 million,” Mr. Amewu added.
The Energy Minister disclosed this at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, 19th May 2020.
No, Government Is Owing GH¢5 billion
John Abdulai Jinapor, however, noted that, “Government is rather owing GH¢5 billion. I will make this and other things clear in my statement”
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