Reconsider new minimum ¢20k quota– PrivateElectricity AssociationVendors to ECG

The National Private Electricity Vendors Association has passionately appealed to the Electricity Company of Ghana to reconsider the new minimum quota level of ¢20000. This follows an increase in the minimum quota purchase per meter type from ¢5000 to ¢20,000, e ective March 1, 2023.

tomers within their localities because they will then have to travel to other areas to purchase credits for their meters.

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A letter signed by the Managing Director of the ECG, Samuel Dubik Mahama, pointed out that this is to reduce the volume of daily transactions and also to quicken the processing of quota purchased by individual vendors.

But the National Private Electricity Vendors Association in a statement said vendors who have now dropped or may dropped e ective from March 1, 2023 will de nitely cause inconvenience to ECG cus-

“With due respect, may we request you to consider not to increase the minimum quota level to the ¢20,000. We fervently appeal that you maintain the current quota purchase of ¢5000 per meter , since the change will have tremendous impact on vendors as well as customers within the communication countrywide”.

Also, it said with even the current minimum level some vendors have dropped from operating from their locality simply because they are nding it di cult to raise enough capital for their operations, pay for shops rent, utilities and cashiers they have

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