Water Citizens Network condemns prepaid water meters

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• Kaymensah 10 years ago

  Tariffs, developer charges and efficiencies can provide all the funds that a water service provider needs to run its business. Leakage and unmetered usage is a huge challenge for GWCL. If they are able to overcome these, ther ...
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  Tariffs, developer charges and efficiencies can provide all the funds that a water service provider needs to run its business. Leakage and unmetered usage is a huge challenge for GWCL. If they are able to overcome these, there will be no need for taxpayers to subsidize the company.

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• JACOB 10 years ago

  WHEN CRUDE OIL WASN'T AVAILABLE PEOPLE EAT, DRINK, WALK AND THAT IS WHY WE AS PEOPLE TO DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT. WATER IS LIFE AND WE AS PEOPLE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND WISE IN PRESERVING IT AS WELL AS GROWING MORE FOOD TO ...
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  WHEN CRUDE OIL WASN'T AVAILABLE PEOPLE EAT, DRINK, WALK AND THAT IS WHY WE AS PEOPLE TO DESTROY THE ENVIRONMENT. WATER IS LIFE AND WE AS PEOPLE NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE AND WISE IN PRESERVING IT AS WELL AS GROWING MORE FOOD TO FEED THE POPULATION AND BEYONG.

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• Luther King 10 years ago

  Lazy NGOs as usual. Pls not that the poor pay more for water than the rich and while the rich post pay their water bills, the poor prepay by buying cash from the rich. I think our focus shd be ensuring that water runs thru th ...
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  Lazy NGOs as usual. Pls not that the poor pay more for water than the rich and while the rich post pay their water bills, the poor prepay by buying cash from the rich. I think our focus shd be ensuring that water runs thru the pipes always.

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• Kofi Etsorgali -Kpando 10 years ago

  You can sleep in darkness nd be alive, but without water u will die! Someone should put this into the brains of this insensitive man. You don't care if u lose election but. NDC cares

  You can sleep in darkness nd be alive, but without water u will die! Someone should put this into the brains of this insensitive man. You don't care if u lose election but. NDC cares

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• Asempa 10 years ago

  With no water, what a they prepaying for? The water metres are only worth it if water is available... No water, No metres...that Simple Resist any attempt to pass on incompetence Ghana Water Company.. Revenues but no Product. ...
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  With no water, what a they prepaying for? The water metres are only worth it if water is available... No water, No metres...that Simple Resist any attempt to pass on incompetence Ghana Water Company.. Revenues but no Product...makes sense???

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• JH New York 10 years ago

  Where there is water there's LIFE !
  I have said several times on this forum that,in Africa(Ghana), people come out of School,become managers of our Destiny only to ADD more problems to existing ones unconsciously to the plig ...
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  Where there is water there's LIFE !
  I have said several times on this forum that,in Africa(Ghana), people come out of School,become managers of our Destiny only to ADD more problems to existing ones unconsciously to the plight(dangerous condition) of the people instead to resolve the problem to the desire/aspirations of the people.
  God in her wisdom has made Water universally available for the use and survival of mankind.Therefore it behooves on those who give themselves to leadership to treat (administer),supply( fills a want), expand and protect Water Resources at a reasonable affordable cost to the people,in a Country where majority of the people are poor.It does not make Sense to me to introduce Pre-Paid Water Meter in a poor African Countries where at the dawn of the day,to eat is a headache (problem) with no help in sight.Therefore,the idea of a prepaid Water Meter is not a well thought through decision in my opinion.The idea is wicked in a poor African Country as Ghana.So,now what do you expect those who may not have the money to "Pre-paid Water" to do.Shrink to death ?.Where from that Miser/Niggard ideas.all in the name of cost coverage.
  It must be pointed out to the Ghanaian leadership(authorities) that,you do not expect to make profit on Water,etc, which is one reason why gov't collect Taxes.
  Let the Water flow to the people,please !

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• APOSTLE ELIJAR 10 years ago

  When are we going to be faithful to our own people? Because of our greedy, selfish way of doing things that is why the white man has no respect for the black man.

  When are we going to be faithful to our own people? Because of our greedy, selfish way of doing things that is why the white man has no respect for the black man.

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• Prof. Fifi de Dangerwoman 10 years ago

  Prepaid water meters is right because it gonna make the consumer mindful of waste and use according to need.

  Prepaid water meters is right because it gonna make the consumer mindful of waste and use according to need.

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• Neutral Zone 10 years ago

  Just pay ur water bill which ever way n stop complaining. Free time is over.

  Just pay ur water bill which ever way n stop complaining. Free time is over.

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• Ghanaman 10 years ago

  Everything "government" is under-priced but everything private is well-priced.
  The price of one coconut can increase from 40p to 150p in a matter of six months in Ghana and nobody complaints. Same for other rural/farm-grown ...
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  Everything "government" is under-priced but everything private is well-priced.
  The price of one coconut can increase from 40p to 150p in a matter of six months in Ghana and nobody complaints. Same for other rural/farm-grown foodstuffs. Five pieces of average-size tillapia increased from GHC20.00 to GHC50.00 within the last 4 months.
  
  For those who want to hide behind the so-called rural poor to beat-down on government prices my message is please leave the rural folks alone. They have become very smart at taking care of themselves. If you buy one local mango for GHC1.00 or one foreign mango for GHC2.00 in one of the road-side markets you would appreciate how smart and self-sufficient the rural folks have become. They no longer give their produce away for pennies. They already buy pure water for their baths.

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• Kojo E 10 years ago

  We are yet to grow up as a country and know that it is the under recovery of cost of public services that has be the Bain of the under performance of our public utilities. Those behind this campaign should stop their cheap po ...
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  We are yet to grow up as a country and know that it is the under recovery of cost of public services that has be the Bain of the under performance of our public utilities. Those behind this campaign should stop their cheap politics and rather throw their weight behind the initiative. Isn't it better to have pre-paid metering and be assured of regular supply of water than post paid with water? The critical issue here is for the water company to have cash up-front to facilitate its efforts at improving its services. We should stop kicking against all initiatives aimed at engendering efficiecieny into our governance.

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