By Issah Mohammed, GNA
Accra, Dec 8, GNA -The Trade Union Congress (TUC) says it will resist the implementation of the new traffic increment.
“Leadership of TUC wishes to assure workers that it will resist any tariff increases that will erode the meagre 9% government wage adjustment unless government comes back to the negotiating table to top up the 2026 wage adjustment,” the TUC said in a statement after a meeting held on Monday.
The Steering Committee of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) met over the tariff increases announced by the PURC.
The committee deliberated extensively on the tariff decision, including the processes followed by the PURC in this “so-called” major tariff round.
At the end of the meeting, the TUC said it was “outraged” by the PURC decision to increase electricity and water tariffs by 9.8 per cent and 15.9 per cent respectively.
It also expressed its dissatisfaction with the earlier announcement when meeting between TUC and PURC was inconclusive.
“This, we find unacceptable,” TUC noted in the statement.
The organisation also questioned why the increase in tariffs is announced to take place on January 1, 2026 when workers are expected to receive their new adjusted salaries by the end of January.
The PURC on December 2, announced upward adjustments to electricity and water tariffs following the completion of its 2026–2030 Multi-Year Tariff Review (MYTO).
It said that electricity tariffs for all customer categories will rise by 9.86 per cent to reflect the investment needs of power utilities, expected generation inputs, and macroeconomic indicators such as inflation, the cedi–US dollar exchange rate, and the cost of natural gas.
It also factored the operational expenses and the regulated asset base of utilities for the next five years.
For water tariffs which will increase by 15.92 per cent over the 2026–2030 period, PURC projected production and sales volumes, non-revenue water levels, expected capital investment requirements, and prevailing macroeconomic conditions as factors determining the tariff adjustment.
GNA
8 Dec. 2025
Edited by Samuel Osei-Frempong