{"id":157332,"date":"2024-02-29T19:18:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T19:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/29\/power-outage-parliament-does-not-owe-ecg-gh%c2%a223m\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T19:18:02","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T19:18:02","slug":"power-outage-parliament-does-not-owe-ecg-gh%c2%a223m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/02\/29\/power-outage-parliament-does-not-owe-ecg-gh%c2%a223m\/","title":{"rendered":"Power outage: Parliament does not owe ECG GH\u00a223m"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Deputy Clerk of Corporate and Financial Management Services Division in Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, has debunked the claim that Parliament owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) electricity bills amounting to GH\u00a223 million.<\/p>\n<p>There was a power cut in Parliament House and Job 600, the office complex for Members of Parliament, on Thursday, February 29, 2024, due to a GHc23 million debt.<\/p>\n<p>The disconnection was part of the ongoing \u201cOperation Zero Balance\u201d initiative by the ECG.<\/p>\n<p>However, Mr. Ahumah Djietror, in an interview with <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, clarified that Parliament does not owe the amount as claimed by the ECG.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1023975\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1023975\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1023975 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/sss.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"632\" height=\"329\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1023975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deputy Clerk of Corporate and Financial Management Services Division in Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>According to him, the house has been making payments but the ECG\u2019s system fails to record it sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>He explains that his outfit has all the records of the payments as evidence.<\/p>\n<p>He disclosed that out of the GH\u00a223 million debt claimed by the ECG, the house made a payment of GH\u00a213 million on Tuesday, February 27, 2024, and currently has an outstanding debt of about GH\u00a212 million.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cAs far as we are concerned, we\u2019ve made payment, all the payment we have made, some have not reflected in their system, that\u2019s what I\u2019m saying, some do not reflect in their system. We have a breakdown, so we showed it to the Deputy Managing Director, we are just coming from his office. I said they should reconcile the account. We are going to get the bank to extract all the payments we\u2019ve made in terms of the dates. I\u2019m not sure how it\u2019s captured, so there\u2019s a gap in terms of the reconciliation as to what is the outstanding bill.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He described the incident in Parliament as unfortunate and assured to settle the situation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Deputy Clerk of Corporate and Financial Management Services Division in Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, has debunked the claim that Parliament owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) electricity bills amounting to GH\u00a223 million. 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