{"id":154103,"date":"2024-02-21T10:12:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/ecg-targets-ministry-of-finance-over-ghc1m-debt\/"},"modified":"2024-02-21T10:12:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T10:12:06","slug":"ecg-targets-ministry-of-finance-over-ghc1m-debt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/21\/ecg-targets-ministry-of-finance-over-ghc1m-debt\/","title":{"rendered":"ECG targets Ministry of Finance over GHc1m debt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Ministry of Finance is set to be disconnected from the national grid over a GHc1 million electricity debt.<\/p>\n<p>For the past ten months, the ministry has consumed power without paying the monthly bills, resulting in an accumulation of GHc1, 025,918.00.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the ministry has failed to release funds to various municipal and district assemblies to settle their debts.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources within ECG, the issue must be addressed at its root, leading to their decision to disconnect the finance ministry to send the right signal to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Citi News has learned that a team from the ECG is expected to engage with the Minister for Finance, Dr. Amin Adam, to reach a consensus.<\/p>\n<p>The ECG is also pursuing Ghana\u2019s Parliament over a GHc23 million debt owed to the power distributor. 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