{"id":612243,"date":"2019-05-02T08:31:08","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div id=\"post-510013\"><header>\n \n<\/header><div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma"},"modified":"2019-05-02T08:31:08","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T08:31:08","slug":"puwu-pushes-for-increase-in-utility-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/02\/puwu-pushes-for-increase-in-utility-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"PUWU pushes for increase in utility tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-510013\">\n<header>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content clearfix\">\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/utility-consumers.jpeg\" alt=\"PUWU pushes for increase in utility tariffs\"\/><span class=\"featured-image-caption\"><br \/>\nPhoto credit: medium.com <\/span><br \/>\n<\/figure>\n<div class=\"mom-ads-wrap  \">\n<div class=\"mom-ads ads-layout-rotator ads-rotator-id-656\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px;\">\n<div class=\"mom-ads-inner\">\n<div class=\"mom-ad\" data-id=\"1236\" style=\"width:728px; height:90px; \">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"appear\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/Say-yes-to-ads-Banner-728-X-90.jpg\" alt=\"Right Below Featured Image\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Public Utility Workers\u2019 Union (PUWU) is pushing for what it calls realistic tariffs for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the union, this will ensure that consumers pay tariffs that are commensurate with the operations of the companies.<\/p>\n<p>The Union said the subsidies government pays for consumers cripple utility companies.<\/p>\n<p>Per the structure, if government takes off subsidies on tariffs for small residential consumers; they may pay over 400 per cent increment on tariffs.<\/p>\n<p>This means consumers will be paying GHS 1.90 per kilowatt of power instead of the 39 pesewas per kilowatt being paid currently.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <strong>Citi News<\/strong> on how subsidies are crippling the utility companies, the General Secretary of PUWU, Michael Adumattah Nyantakyi said government should review the current regime.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe want to urge the government to ensure that the tariffs are adequate to ensure that the services provided by both electricity and water are being sustainable and that which the country can afford.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Photo credit: medium.com The Public Utility Workers\u2019 Union (PUWU) is pushing for what it calls realistic tariffs for consumers. According to the union, this will ensure that consumers pay tariffs that are commensurate with the operations of the companies. The Union said the subsidies government pays for consumers cripple utility companies. Per the structure, if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":612244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-612243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PUWU pushes for increase in utility tariffs - 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\/2019\/05\/02\/puwu-pushes-for-increase-in-utility-tariffs\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"PUWU pushes for increase in utility tariffs - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Photo credit: medium.com The Public Utility Workers\u2019 Union (PUWU) is pushing for what it calls realistic tariffs for consumers. 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