Food Sector Warns Electricity Costs Are Sabotaging Ghana’s Industrial Ambitions

News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/food-sector-warns-electricity-costs-are-sabotaging-ghanas-industrial-ambitions/The Chairman of the Food and Beverage Association of Ghana (FABAG), Reverend John Awuni, used a national television appearance on Monday to restate his association’s position that Ghana’s electricity tariff structure has become one of the most damaging barriers to domestic manufacturing, and that increasing tariffs to cover utility inefficiency reverses the economic logic entirely. […] News Ghana, Latest Updates and Breaking News of Ghana, News Ghana, https://www.newsghana.com.gh/food-sector-warns-electricity-costs-are-sabotaging-ghanas-industrial-ambitions/


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