Deputy General Secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Haruna Mohammed, has said weak management within Ghana’s utility sector is shifting financial pressure onto ordinary citizens.
Speaking on Joy Prime, he argued that the way utility bills are collected, particularly from public institutions, remains a major challenge.
“The problem in this particular sector has to do with management,” he said.
According to Haruna Mohammed, institutions that owe utility providers are not pursued effectively for payment, leaving ordinary consumers to bear the consequences through higher charges.
“The collectors of these particular bills do not work effectively enough to collect them,” he stated.
He added that when major consumers fail to pay their bills, the cost is eventually transferred to the public.
“The incidence of increments are always shifted to the ordinary citizen,” he said.
Haruna Mohammed also criticised political leaders, saying some make promises while seeking office but adopt different approaches after assuming power.
“The attitude of people who are looking for power, when they come to power, what they do is in sharp contrast with what they implement,” he said.
