The Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has issued a warning that if defaulting water consumers don’t pay their debts by the deadline, legal action will be taken against them.
The company has stated that it will take steps to ensure that any unpaid bills are collected.
Since last week, the water supply company has used effective measures to collect what it claims is approximately GH800 million in debt due by individuals and organisations.
The company claims that some high-consuming entities that had signed agreements to settle their debts have not done so, necessitating the company’s use of legal action.
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Nonetheless, Stanley Martey, the corporation’s public relations officer, has emphasised that the company will continue to pursue its debtors.
“Things are going very well. Anywhere we visited people have made payments and so we expect that it’s going to continue as we move on.
“And like I said when we were moving on our rounds, we are not going to stop with this exercise until we collect all GH₵800 million owed the Ghana Water Company Limited. So it may not end next week, it may not end the week after, but until the GH₵800 million is paid,” he said.
The company intends to reintroduce the prepaid metering system, Mr. Martey has said, after past attempts to do so were unsuccessful.
He claims that during the company’s past attempts to implement prepaid services, people sought to tamper with the meters.
The company is in talks with institutions that are into metering systems and hopes to get a better system, according to Mr. Martey.
SOURCE: MYJOYONLINE
