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VRA Warns: There’ll be more ‘dum so, dum so’ than ever if…

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  • GOD DEY 10 years ago

    kwasiasem, ur mother. work on ur inefficiecy and illegal connections.useless man

  • OWEN, NEW YORK 10 years ago

    Be bold and tell them to stop the illegal connection and also pay the right or correct tarrifs for the electricity supply. Ghanaians like free things too much. Even the air we breath takes money to be purified by cleaning the ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    Gov shutdown means nothing unless you waiting on your welfare check application..I'm mechanic and my salary is coming every week and they begging me to work overtime!

  • Eehuooo 10 years ago

    Collect the money you need from the government and not the ordinary citizen. They have stolen about 100 times the money you need.

  • AGYA SIMPA CARPENTER 10 years ago

    You guys are holding the country to a ransom.You are acting like highwaymen hiding behind the hiked tariff when you should have been serious with the revenue collection.

  • TRUTH 10 years ago

    COME AGAIN MR. P.R.O.MAN,WHY DON'T YOU BLOCK THE WASTAGE WHICH IS ESTIMATED TO BE ABOUT 50%.BE SERIOUS WITH YOUR REVENUE COLLECTION,ESPECIALLY TO LET THE RICH & ELITE PAY ALSO.STOP CONDONNING WITH THE BIG BUSSINESSES TO DEFRA ...
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  • prince 10 years ago

    We wont pay any increased tariff, even you a PRO have a generator for your house.See how incompetent you people are.Ghana supplies electricity to other neighboring countries, have you heard them crying about the dammn dum so ...
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  • akwasi 10 years ago

    AL THE TIME THE "SMALL" PEOPLE ALWAYS SUFFER. THEY PAY FOR EVERYTHING IN THE COUNTRY.WHEN WILL THE PEOPLE WHO GET FEE EVERYTHING START PAYING SO THAT THE LITTLE PEOPLE WILL HAVE A DAY TO REST

  • YHO 10 years ago

    HOW MUCH IS YOUR SALARY AND YOUR BOARD MEMBERS? GO AND COLLECT MONEY FROM YOUR FORMER BOARD CHAIRMAN.

  • Bongo Boy 10 years ago

    Why the insults to this innocent man because he is telling the truth

  • Yaw Poku, USA 10 years ago

    Where is that stupid Mahama and when he promised Ghanaians that the dum so dum so will be a thing of the past? I rest my case

  • Kofi 10 years ago

    VRA can even turn off all the turbines at Akosombo and Akuse. We suffer the consequences together.

  • Pelicles 10 years ago

    This is man should be bold and tell Ghanaians that they are incompetent in running the affairs of VRA. No amount of tariff increases will stop "dum sor" in Ghana because the increases will rather fattens the salaries of thes ...
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  • Joe Black 10 years ago

    Is that a threat or what, we've had enough of your threats of dum sor dum sor.

  • Oman Ba Pa 10 years ago

    Have you audited your operations, to plug the 56% wastages?
    If you like 'shed' it, 'dum' it, 'so' it, or even shut down the turbines. We'll be in it together!

  • esrthd 10 years ago

    rstyduf

  • ThePatriot 10 years ago

    Saa akoa yi ye aboa paa..!!! Why do the so called knowledgeable people in top Ghanaian position speak so loosely..??!!
    Listen to what this fletcher guy is saying..?! What an idiot! Well, let somebody tell him that, they as a ...
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  • DAN 10 years ago

    how can you make money if you sell nothing? Even an un-educated trader will tell you if she has no product she makes no money! But you threaten more power outages! Let Con-ed Or Southern Company( Georgia Power & Alabama Power ...
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  • AK47 IS MY FUCKING ADDRESS 10 years ago

    GHANA IS CHEAP BY USING CHINESE COMPANY . THIS IS SMALL PROBLEM AND THE CATERPILLAR COMPANY CAN SOLVE IT SOLID FOR THE GHANAIANS WITHOUT STRUGGLING .

  • Hazor 10 years ago

    If Volta River Authority receive 36% of the tariff increase where is the 42.9% of the tariff going and who is getting them?

    If VRA is claiming for 2 years they haven't receive any tariff increment,did they provide Ghanaian ...
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  • energy expert 10 years ago

    Hazor, the electricity tariff in ghana or what we call end user tariff has three components; bulk generation tariff that goes to generation companies like vra, transmissions service charge that goes to Gridco and distributio ...
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  • Skotsman 10 years ago

    Stupid talk!!!!! This man deserves to be killed like the Kenyan mall!!! Where was he when the government used them to deceive the Ghanaians to gain power??? Fooooolishhhh. I wish we have some alqaeda guys in Ghana to storm hi ...
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  • YEBOPOWER 10 years ago

    Another inefficient organization in Ghana. All they do is travel outside the country for per diem payment. They don't have nothing to offer.Useless entity

  • Whatever 10 years ago

    Dr. Nkrumah will be turning in his grave. His brainchild, the VRA has turn into a vampires blackmailing people for 1 Ghana cedi for your pocket. What a shame. Our failed leaders have deliberately created this scarce energy su ...
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  • YOU AND I 10 years ago

    the only way out is for Ghanaians to FIRE THE MANAGEMENT AT VRA

  • Justman 10 years ago

    EVERY STAFF SHOULD CLOSE AND GO HOME IT IS BETTER. WE CAN DO WITHOUT THESE STUPID BUNCH OF VRA STAFF. IT IS EVEN MORE PROFITABLE USE PERSONAL GENERATOR.SHAME

  • energy expert 10 years ago

    It's an open market so if you think its better to operate your own genset go for it otherwise use candles.

  • ratty 10 years ago

    foolish man

  • Honestman 10 years ago

    ECG and VRA used PURC to deceive Ghanaians that they had increased tariff by 78.9% but the truth of the matter is that is that the increment is between 85% and 120%! PURC must investigate this claim!

  • cisse 10 years ago

    WU papa we jimeeeee aboaaaaaa suck ur mother

  • AK47 IS MY FUCKING ADDRESS 10 years ago

    I THANK GOD THAT I NEVER EXPERIENCE SO COLLED 'DUM SO , DUM SO ALMOST THIRTY YEARS. OH MOTHER GHANA, THE WATER DOESN'T RUN PERFECT PLUS 'DOM SO , DUM SO .

  • There Is 10 years ago

    The truths and facts of all said in the past are still not been understood by some citizens of Ghana. Please, listen the main issues is not politics but rather being able to say the truth. The truth is, leaders must lead by e ...
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  • There Is 10 years ago

    The truths and facts of all said in the past are still not been understood by some citizens of Ghana. Please, listen the main issues is not politics but rather being able to say the truth. The truth is, leaders must lead by e ...
    read full comment

  • There Is 10 years ago

    The truths and facts of all said in the past are still not been understood by some citizens of Ghana. Please, listen the main issues is not politics but rather being able to say the truth. The truth is, leaders must lead by e ...
    read full comment

  • Senior Wisdom 10 years ago

    Only 36 per cent reaches the authority because the rest will line the pockets of the corrupt staff.