Tag Archives: Consumers

The Public Utility Regulatory Commission has announced that residential utility consumers will now pay more for electricity and water. According to PURC, this is to help preserve jobs and livelihoods while promoting economic development. “The Commission gave considerable thought to the role of small and medium-scale enterprises in the country’s …

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) as part of its routine exercises, has clamped down on some fuel stations that have tampered with their fuel pumps in Western Region. The exercise, which is being spearheaded by the Consumer Services department at the Head office and the Western regional office of the …

Some residents in the Ashanti Region have asked companies providing utility services to reconsider their proposed increment on electricity and water tariffs. Some noted that the services rendered by these companies were below standard and do not deserve any form of increment from the common Ghanaian in times of high …

Managing Director of GIHOC, Maxwell Kofi Jumah, has stated that his company will continue increasing prices as long as inflation keeps rising. He explains that this has become necessary due to the increase in prices of raw materials and other production resources. According to him, the company needs to be …

Some alcohol consumers have expressed concerns over the astronomical rise in the prices of beer and other alcoholic drinks. According to them, even the local bitters they have resorted to for some time now also keeps increasing in price To them, this has made their lives very difficult since they …

The Automobile Dealers Union of Ghana has hinted at a possible increase in the cost of imported vehicles into the country from March this year. According to them, this is due to government’s downward review of the benchmark values discount on vehicle imports. In an interaction with Citi Business News, …