The Member of Parliament (MP) for Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency, John Abdulai Jinapor has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government to pay the outstanding debt for the power used by the various Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) During an interview on Joy News, John Jinapor disclosed that the load-shedding has been ongoing since January and the main cause of this problem was shortage of fuel hence the committee recommended that in order to curtail the problem, there was a need to restore the cash waterfall mechanism.
He however disclosed that the Finance Minister owes an amount of GHc2 billion which is yet to be paid. "The Ministry of Finance owes more than GHc2 billion of power consumed by MMDAs and its hasn't been paid.
So we encourage government to pay that money so the power sector can have money to procure fuel".
He said According to Mr.Jinapor, he researched and discovered the debt has hiked to GHc2.2 billion but the Finance Ministry are yet to make any payment.