Deputy Ranking Member on Parliament’s Energy Committee, Collins Adomako-Mensah, says rising electricity tariffs and concerns over prepaid meters are putting severe pressure on consumers across Ghana.
Speaking on Good Afternoon Ghana on Metro TV on Monday, March 2, 2026, Adomako-Mensah said households have experienced sharp increases in tariffs since 2025.
“Since 2025 to date, cumulatively, you have about 28.2 percent increments in electricity tariffs and it’s quite tough,” he said.
“By and large, it’s been quite a difficult situation for consumers. And I’m one of them.”
He told host Dominic Ansah Prah that in recent weeks, many users have complained that their prepaid meters appear to be consuming credit unusually fast.
“For the past three weeks, there seemed to be some issue with the prepaid metres. It seems to be running faster than everybody expects,” he noted.
According to him, the Energy Minister has set up a committee to investigate the matter, with a seven-day deadline to present its findings.
“I reckon the minister set up a committee and gave them seven days to investigate and come back with a report. I suspect that the seven days will be expiring within the week, and so we are expecting the report,” he said.
Sharing his personal experience, Adomako-Mensah said he recently spent GH¢1,000 on electricity credit, which was exhausted far sooner than usual.
“Within a space of one and a half weeks, it was all gone, which is very unusual. Normally, when I buy a thousand Ghana cedis, it takes me about three weeks to one month,” he stated.
He added that the Energy Committee of Parliament of Ghana plans to summon key institutions over the matter.
“The chairman of the committee intends to summon them to Parliament within the week for a discussion or a briefing on what the situation really is,” he said.
Mr Adomako-Mensah disclosed that members have already held informal talks with officials of the National Petroleum Authority and the Energy Ministry, but said a formal engagement would allow Parliament to interrogate the findings properly.
“We are as worried as any Ghanaian would be. We are consumers ourselves,” he added.
