The National Patriotic Party (NPP) has announced that it will not be honouring the Public Regulatory Commission’s invitation to attend a public hearing on the submitted Utility Tariff Proposal For The 2025-2029 Multi-Year Tariff Review.

According to the statement signed by Justin Kodua Frimpong, NPP General Secretary, the PURC’s invite dated September 8 2025, the purpose of the engagement is to brief stakeholders on proposals received from the regulated utilities, which include VRA, GRIDCo, NEDCo, GWL, GNGC, EPC, regarding their tariff review.

The NPP stated that it will not be attending this meeting because they do not see any justification for a possible utility tariff increment at a moment like this, when Ghanaians are already overburdened by the rising cost of living occasioned largely by the Government’s introduction of new taxes, including the new energy sector levy popularly known as the Dumsor levy.

The NPP stated their disapproval of the Dumsor levy and stated that it was hurriedly passed by the NDC majority under the cover of darkness.

They further explained that the levy alone generates more than enough revenue, which should be enough to cover the cost of operations of utility companies.

‘The dumsor levy rakes in over GHC 575 million every month and over GHC 5.7 billion annually for the government.

We submit that part of this money be used to support the operations of the regulated utility companies.

The party also rejected all “false claims” from government spokespersons suggesting that the proposed tariff adjustments were linked to conditions under the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme.

They also stated that for avoidance of doubt, the current IMF programme is scheduled to end next year, and the proposed astronomical increment in tariff is expected to take effect from 2026 to 2029.

The NPP statement accused the government of mismanagement of these regulated utility companies and imposing excessive levies and charges on the citizens of the country.

“From all indications, what is not in doubt is that Ghanaians are being unduly levied to pay for the government’s incompetence in the management of these regulated utility companies.”

The NPP has described this as unacceptable and will use legitimate means to oppose any such attempts to impose these levies and charges on Ghanaians.