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The Government of Ghana has extended its free water and electricity relief packages for Ghanaians for three more months.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta during the mid-year budget reviews in Parliament on Thursday.
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According to the Minister, the extension of the relief packages is to release burden on Ghanaians in this difficult times .
“That is also why we further reduced electricity prices by half and completely provided potable water for free for everybody since March this year. And we will extend it for another 3 months,” he told Parliament, Thursday.
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“It takes a caring government of the people, and with that, I mean, a Government of all the people, to offer cost-free water to all across the country: representing all domestic and commercial customers in Ghana for three months.
“It takes a caring government to be for the people and for business, large and small, to choose to subsidize electricity consumption by 50 per cent to 4,086,286 households and 686,522 businesses at a cost of ¢1.02 billion in three months. And we will extend the coverage for lifeline customers for another 3 months,” he said.
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