The Managing Director of the
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama has confirmed that
former President John Dramani Mahama pays his own electricity bills.
Mr Mahama in September 2022 was
attacked by loyalists of the New Patriotic Party after he disclosed that he
pays all his bills including electricity and water bills.
“I receive only my monthly pension
like President Kufuor and President Rawlings was receiving before he died. That
is all I get.
“I pay the electricity bill for my
house and my office, I pay the water bill for my house and my office. I live in
my own accommodation so the State does not pay me anything for accommodation,”
Mr Mahama said in an interview with TV3.
Meanwhile, the MD of ECG has
confirmed that the former President’s comments are true, adding that the error
was from his office and measures are being put in place to correct the anomaly.
The Managing Director of the
Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, speaking to Umaru
Amadu Sanda on Face to Face on Citi TV (April 18, 2023)
“We collate the bills of the former
Presidents and take them to the Chief of Staff to pay. Former President
Kufour’s bills were with us. We’ve given them to the Chief of Staff, and she
has worked on them. We also had former President John Mahama’s own… We got in
touch with him, and we realized that he has already been paying his own bills.
So moving forward, we will discuss with him so that his bills will be
absorbed,” he said.
Mr Dubik Mahama added that the
mistake is “from my office…we have now put structures in place after a very
comprehensive conversation with the Chief of Staff. She told us her peace of
mind and told us exactly what we have to do. If we were doing our work well,
this would not have happened in the first place”.
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