Officials of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) have been summoned to appear before parliament on Thursday, February 18, 2016 over the current water crisis facing some parts of the country.
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Heads to roll; GWCL summoned before parliament
Officials of Ghana Water Company have been summoned to appear before parliament on Thursday, February 18, 2016 over the current water crisis facing some parts of the country.
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Parliament’s Works and Housing Committee made this known after visiting the GWCL treatment plant at Nsawam.
The Committee on their visit to the site discovered that poor planning has been the reason for the severe water crisis being experienced in some communities in the country.
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Shortage of water has hit areas including Winneba, Tamale, Sekondi, Ningo and Nsawam for over two weeks now due to the drying up of the main sources of water supply for the GWCL.
The Deputy Ranking Member of the Committee, Justice Joe Appiah, expressed worry about the extent of work at the Nsawam treatment plant after he and other members of the Committee were conducted round the site by the GWCL.
“They have to answer questions, heads must roll. The 11 million euros must be accounted for. You do such a thing and you say you have dredged the place for 11 million euros and Ghanaians will be sitting there waiting for water to come? God has blessed us with over 800000 water bodies in this country ….and look at what is happening," he added.
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The Deputy Ranking Member of the Committee further believes the explanation by the GWCL that the dredging of the site is being done in phases does not hold.“...They have to fix the thing and stop talking about phases…so, 10 years and we don’t have water and you are talking about phases….we want the work to be done, we want water to alleviate the plight of our young men who have to travel several kilometres to look for water …this is what we are talking about….we have to get the work done as soon as possible. That is all”, he said.
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