The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the Eastern region has created a freelance job for tip-offs on illegal connections.
The company has announced that persons who give accurate tip-offs on the illegal connection will be rewarded Ghc100 instantly or be paid 10% of the retrieved debt plus the penalty of an individual found culpable.
He assured that the confidentiality of the informants will be highly protected.
“When we investigate to find out that yes the person has illegally connected to the system we will pay it. There are two forms of payment if you want direct payment, it is GHC 100 but if you want us to process the perpetrator then it will be 10% of the person’s indebtedness to us. So I will entreat you to spread the message”
The Eastern Regional Chief Manager of GWCL Engineer Asomani Nyarko who announced this recently during a stakeholder meeting in Somanya explained that illegal connections in the region are affecting revenue generation and operations of the company hence the initiative to ensure that perpetrators are fished out and dealt with.
The region is facing a high water supply deficit. Water is therefore rationed for days and in some areas weeks.
Residents in the Krobo area, for instance, have been agitating that despite hosting two major water treatment installations -Kpong and Bukunor Water treatment plants on their lands, water is ironically being pumped and serving other parts of the country including Tema, Afienya, Koforidua, and Akyem Tafo while many communities including surrounding communities at the water treatment plants grapple with water stress situation.
Few of the populace that has been connected to the treated water says, water supply is erratic.
Residents in Lower and Yilo Krobo Municipalities are therefore seething with anger describing the situation as unfair treatment.
“If you are telling me there is no water when I can see the water and you are telling me that the money is here but we cannot bring it here then I will start chasing you. Because the thing there is for me and you are supposed to bring to me and you are saying there is no water, I can’t be patient. I don’t think we will be patient listening to promises. They are saying that Tema people will not agree for the pipelines to be tapped to supply us look at the nonsense. Their line too is on my land and you are saying that you will not agree. Krobos to the men are all silent; I bet you if you get me five of my type, tomorrow we will just tap that line. Then we will look at what Tema People will do to us on a pipe that serves them from my land. Water is a right not privilege “Ebenezer Tei Narteh, Assembly Member for Otorkpolu Electoral area mybrytfmonline.com
Assembly Member for Kpong Ahodzo Electoral Area where the biggest water treatment plant in Ghana is located, Raymond Kofi Elikplim said, “It is very painful that you have water and you are thirsty. It is inhumane We of Somanya having water challenges have complained about over a decade. Water is being pumped daily from Akorley to Akuapem ranges and they have water almost every day from Adukrom onwards to Akropong and those of us at Somanya don’t have water. So, we requested the manager of GWCL can we be connected to that line, he said no, can we also be connected to Tema line on Akuse junction, the district manager said no it cannot be done”.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Obed Ansah
