The Managing Director of the Electrical Company of Ghana (ECG), Samuel Dubik Mahama, has acknowledged that former President John Dramani Mahama pays his own electrical bills.
Mr. Mahama was attacked by New Patriotic Party supporters in September 2022 after revealing that he pays all of his expenses, including power and water costs.
“I receive only my monthly pension like President Kufuor and President Rawlings was receiving before he died. That is all I get.
“I pay the electricity bill for my house and my office, I pay the water bill for my house and my office. I live in my own accommodation so the State does not pay me anything for accommodation,” Mr. Mahama said in an interview with TV3.
Meanwhile, the MD of ECG confirmed that the former President’s words are accurate, adding that the error was caused by his office and that corrective actions are being implemented.
“We collate the bills of the former Presidents and take them to the Chief of Staff to pay. Former President Kufuor’s bills were with us. We’ve given them to the Chief of Staff, and she has worked on them. We also had former President John Mahama’s own… We got in touch with him, and we realized that he has already been paying his own bills. So moving forward, we will discuss with him so that his bills will be absorbed,” he said.
Mr. Dubik Mahama went on to say that the error was “from my office…we have now put structures in place after a very comprehensive conversation with the Chief of Staff. She told us her peace of mind and told us exactly what we have to do. If we were doing our work well, this would not have happened in the first place”.
