President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwah Akuffo Addo, has extended the free water and life line electricity which was supposed to end last month.
In the president’s 21st address pertaining to issues of the covid 19, he saw it wise to extend the privileges of free water and lifeline electricity to another three months in order to ease the stress of the financially unstable.
“You will recall that, in our quest to help shield you from the effects of the virus, Government took the decision to provide relief to Ghanaians, which included the absorption of electricity and water bills. This relief package ended in December. However, with the continuing difficulties occasioned by the pandemic, I want to state that Government intends to continue to support the most vulnerable in our society.”
“Government will, thus, continue to pay the electricity bills for our nation’s one million active lifeline customers for the next three months, i.e. January, February and March.”
“Additionally, all one million, five hundred thousand customers of the Ghana Water Company, whose consumption is not more than five cubic metres a month, will not pay any bills for the next three months, i.e. for the months of January, February and March. This relief package will be reviewed at the end of March,” president Nana Addo stated.
