{"id":414286,"date":"2017-09-04T09:09:31","date_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:09:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/electricity-tariff-reduction-if-you-believe-govt-its-up-to-you-pratt\/"},"modified":"2017-09-04T09:09:31","modified_gmt":"2017-09-04T09:09:31","slug":"electricity-tariff-reduction-if-you-believe-govt-its-up-to-you-pratt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/electricity-tariff-reduction-if-you-believe-govt-its-up-to-you-pratt\/","title":{"rendered":"Electricity tariff reduction: If you believe gov\u2019t, it\u2019s up to you &#8211; Pratt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\">\n<figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adomonline.com\/ghana-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/7995031952702_3483304773922.JPG\" data-caption=\"managing editor, Insight newspaper\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"426\" class=\"entry-thumb td-modal-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/1503916505_392_7995031952702_3483304773922.JPG.pagespeed.ce._alpfK8Ewi.jpg\" alt=\"kwesi pratt\" title=\"7995031952702_3483304773922.JPG\" data-pagespeed-url-hash=\"2980335014\" onload=\"pagespeed.CriticalImages.checkImageForCriticality(this);\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">managing editor, Insight newspaper<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghanaians will be deluding themselves if they believe that the Nana Addo-led government will reduce electricity tariffs says the managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko addressing members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a rally during the party\u2019s National Delegates Conference at Cape Coast said Ghanaians will soon enjoy a reduction in electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave patience with us, we have promised that electricity tariffs will reduce. Just as we said dumsor will be over, I\u2019m assuring you that, very soon when you see your electricity bills, you will know that when NPP promises it honours it\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n<p>But contributing to a panel discussion on Saturday\u2019s edition of\u00a0<strong>Radio Gold\u2019s Alhaji and Alhaji<\/strong>, Kwesi Pratt said looking at \u2018the current circumstance\u2019 there is no way government will be able to reduce electricity tariffs.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLast week they told us oh don\u2019t worry; we promised we were going to reduce electricity tariff; it\u2019s coming, we are going to reduce it drastically\u2026look under the current circumstance, when we are shifting from hydro to thermal, and with the kind of prices crude oil is achieving on the international market, if anybody tells you that they are going to reduce electricity tariff in the face of the privatisation of the ECG, and you believe them, it is up to you. At least tell us the basic truth\u2026\u201d<\/em>\u00a0he urged.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>managing editor, Insight newspaper Ghanaians will be deluding themselves if they believe that the Nana Addo-led government will reduce electricity tariffs says the managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. Minister of Energy, Boakye Agyarko addressing members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a rally during the party\u2019s National Delegates Conference at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":412136,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-414286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Electricity tariff reduction: If you believe gov\u2019t, it\u2019s up to you - Pratt - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/09\/04\/electricity-tariff-reduction-if-you-believe-govt-its-up-to-you-pratt\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Electricity tariff reduction: If you believe gov\u2019t, it\u2019s up to you - Pratt - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"managing editor, Insight newspaper Ghanaians will be deluding themselves if they believe that the Nana Addo-led government will reduce electricity tariffs says the managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. 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