GUTA and AGI challenge utility tariff hikes on economic and process grounds

Ghana's Ghana Union of Traders Associations has issued multiple public challenges to the PURC's utility tariff increase, arguing that a strengthening cedi and positive economic indicators point against price hikes and that businesses were not consulted before the announcement. The Association of Ghana Industries has separately called on utility companies to absorb operational losses rather than transferring costs to industrial consumers. The PURC has signalled that the tariff increases are unlikely to be reversed despite parliamentary and industrial opposition.