The Minority Caucus has demanded the immediate release of a report into complaints of rapid depletion of prepaid electricity credits, accusing the government of institutional unaccountability after weeks of silence from the Energy Minister.
Speaking at a press conference on March 18, 2026, Deputy Ranking Member on the Energy Committee of Parliament, Collins Adomako Mensah highlighted that on February 25, 2026, Energy Minister Dr. John Jinapor directed the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG) to investigate the issue and submit a report within seven days, a deadline that expired on March 4, 2026.
Despite the passage of over three weeks, no report has been published, and the Minister has not addressed the public, the Minority noted. The Caucus noted that consumers continue to report abnormal credit drainage amid ongoing concerns.
The caucus referenced the PURC’s emergency meeting with ECG on the same date, where Executive Secretary Dr. Shafic Suleman identified technical causes including meter connectivity failures and aging hardware incompatible with new MYTO tariff parameters. The PURC assured that affected consumers would not bear the cost of errors and refunds would be made where overbilling is confirmed.
However, the Minority lamented that no verifiable report has been made public or presented to Parliament, describing it as part of a repeating cycle of consumer complaints, audit promises, and unresolved issues over the past 14 months.
The caucus issued three key demands:
1. The Energy Minister must immediately publish the full ECG investigation report, detailing the scale of the problem, affected meters, overbilling extent, and corrective measures.
2. The PURC must lay its findings from the February 26 emergency meeting before Parliament and the public, including numbers of meters replaced, consumers compensated, and systemic fixes implemented.
3. A parliamentary committee hearing on the matter, with the Minority set to table necessary motions.
“This cannot be allowed to become another promise buried under bureaucratic inertia. Consumers, many of whom have already paid more than they owe, are waiting,” the Ranking Member emphasised.