No Ghana Card, no electricity meter very soon – Energy Minister hints.
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister for Energy and Member of Parliament (MP) for Manhyia South Constituency in the Ashanti Region, has hinted that Ghanaians without a Ghana Card will soon be unable to access electricity or install meters in their homes.
"Very soon, if you don't have a Ghana Card, you won't be able to get a meter." Regulations are subject to change, and it is all about development," Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh said in an interview with Peace FM, which MyNewsGH.com's Syxtus Eshun listened to.
According to the minister, the yet-to-be-implemented law is part of the government's energy development agenda.
"I abide by the rules established by this country." It is the country's rules that state that if you need a meter, do this or that," the Minister explained.
Dr. Mathew Opoku Prempeh's comments follow a debate over Ursula Owusu-directive Ekuful's to block SIM cards by the end of September if people do not link their mobile SIM cards to their National ID.
However, the National Identification Authority (NIA) has expressed reservations about the new deadline for re-registering SIM cards with the Ghana card.
Meanwhile, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh has not specified a date by which applicants for new electricity meters will be required to use the Ghana Card as identification.
read also: Agenda 111 hospitals delayed due to location disagreements - Akufo-Addo.
Ghana's President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has admitted that he was overly optimistic in setting deadlines for the construction of the country's 111 District Hospitals.
Following COVID-19, the government promised to build 111 hospitals after realizing that 101 districts in the country lacked District Hospitals.
In addition, the government was supposed to build regional hospitals and renovate some other hospitals across the country as a result of the six new regions.
When announcing this initiative, the President promised Ghanaians that it would be completed before the end of his presidency.
The President, on the other hand, appears to have backtracked on his timelines, which he claims were overly ambitious.
He indicates that the government is now acquiring land for the project in some districts because there has been back and forth about where the hospital should be located.
"We're talking about 101 Districts, and there was a lot of back and forth about where they should be located, which is still going on in some cases." Once completed and the designs have been agreed upon... So far, 87 of the 111 projects are still active and in various stages. I'm inspecting two of them right now, one in Bolgatanga and one in Zuarungu."
The President expressed confidence that many of the hospitals would be completed before he leaves office.
"Hopefully, a significant number of hospitals will be completed before I leave the seat." "This is an important commitment of my government, and it will be an important part of the tours I will be doing this year to see the progress of work," he said on URA Radio in Bolgatanga.
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