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PURC increases water, electricity tariffs for some following 3rd quarter review

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has evaluated utility rate increases for certain consumers, while others will see no changes to their bills.
The Commission determined tariff payments for consumers from Friday, September 1 until the end of this year under its Quarterly Tariff Review Mechanism and Guidelines.
It authorised a 4.22 per cent hike for non-lifeline residential customers across the board.
However, no increase will be made for lifeline customers, industrial customers, or non-residential customers such as hairdressing salons, barbershops, chop bars, tailoring and dress-making shops, cold stores, and other small and medium-sized enterprises.
Water users will receive a 1.18 per cent increase in prices, except for lifeline customers, who will see no increase.
According to the PURC, it was directed “by the ultimate interest of consumers, the financial viability of utilities, and the country’s general economic conditions.”
According to the report, three major factors influenced the changes.
For starters, inflation, the currency rate, and the power generating mix, notably the weighted average cost of natural gas, affected the decision to charge consumers the true cost of providing utility services.
Secondly, concerns of the Association of Ghana Industries (AGI) were taken into consideration so that cross subsidisation between industrial customers and residential customers is reduced. Thus, the adjustments, which favour industry, “will support the growth and competitiveness of industry, and as part of a significant contribution towards Ghana’s industrialization drive, and enhance opportunities for job creation”.
Thirdly, according to the PURC, the decision is to “ensure that the utilities are financially viable to sustain supply of services, while reducing the burden on consumers, especially lifeline customers”.
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Menzgold: NAM1 enters a not guilty plea to allegations of money laundering, fraud, and other offences

Nana Appiah Mensah, the former CEO of Menzgold, also known as NAM 1, has pleaded not guilty to all 39 charges of wrongdoing.
Nana Appiah Mensah, widely known as NAM 1, was charged with 39 counts of crimes, including money laundering abetment, deceiving by false pretences, carrying out deposit-taking without the required licence, unlawful deposit-taking, and money laundering.
This is a decrease from the 61 counts originally filed against him.
In 2019, the Attorney General launched an inquiry on NAM 1, accusing him of scamming hundreds of clients out of millions of Ghana cedis through his gold dealership enterprise.
The case was adjourned numerous times until new charges were brought on August 30, 2023.
Mr Appiah Mensah stated plans to unfreeze locked up cash of Menzgold clients in exchange for 650 for verification.
Following that, he altered his intention to force former clients to obtain a verification access card in order to authenticate transactions and confirm claims, despite substantial public and consumer outcry.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Limited Voter Registration: Two people detained for attempting to register twice

Two people were detained in Asokore Mampong Municipality for allegedly attempting to double register in the current Limited Voters’ Registration Exercise.
According to Municipal EC official Angela Afriyie Osei, the two suspects were apprehended after being validated as people existing in the Electoral Commission’s database.
As a challenge to the procedure, Madam Angela Afriyie mentions duplicate registration and efforts to register minors.
“The challenge we have been facing is about the double registration. At times when applicants come and we interrogate them, they insist he or she hasn’t registered before but when they go to the biometric column then it will come out that the person has registered.
“At the moment, we’ve handed two to the police. On male and a female. Another issue is also with the registration of minors,” she indicated.
Meanwhile, some party operatives are pleased with the outcome thus far.
“So far, we are satisfied with the entire process except some few challenges but that aside, we are very much comfortable with the process. All in all, everything is great,” an agent told JoyNews.
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Black Sherif prophesy: Prophet Nigel Gaisie makes u-turn

Nigel Gaisie, the founder and head of the Prophetic Hill Chapel, has stunned Ghanaians by backtracking on his prophecy regarding artist Black Sherif.
Prophet Gaisie had a vision in which he witnessed the mother of musical sensation Black Sherif sobbing excessively in a post on his official Facebook page.
As a result, he pushed the musician to seek safety before December, implying his impending death.
However, in a recent interview, Prophet Gaisie clarified that the prophecy is for a particular Sherif Black and not the Konongo-based performer.
“We see in bits and pieces, and what I saw in the spiritual realm is Sherif Black, but any logical person can make projections and deductions from it.” If I hear a prophecy about Ako and my name is Akosua, I will definitely act on it,” he said in parables.
Regardless, the man of God exhorted those who were convinced of the prophecy to fast and pray in order to avoid death.
Prophet Gaisie, who dismissed charges that his doom prophecies concerning celebrities are only for fame, stated that he will quit making them public in order to prevent insults and derision.
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