The Deputy Clerk of Corporate and Financial Management Services Division in Parliament, Ebenezer Ahumah Djietror, has refuted claims that Parliament owes the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) GH¢23 million.
In an interview with Accra-based Citi News, the deputy clerk disclosed that, parliament paid GH¢13 million on Tuesday, February 27, 2024 however, the outstanding debt is GH¢12 million not GH¢23 million.
“As far as we are concerned, we’ve made payment, all the payment we have made, some have not reflected in their system, that’s what I’m 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’ve made in terms of the dates. I’m not sure how it’s captured, so there’s a gap in terms of the reconciliation as to what is the outstanding bill”, he said.
According to Mr. Ahumah Djietror, the house has been making payments but the ECG’s system fails to record it sometimes but parliament has all records of payment made.
Business in Parliament on Thursday February 29, 2024 was briefly disrupted after power supply was cut off by officials of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).
The disconnection according to ECG was necessitated as a result of a GH¢ 23 million debt owed the company.
The incident occurred while the parliamentarians were debating the recent State of the Nation Address (SONA) by President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, February 27.
The office complex for the MP’s, Job 600 were also affected.
