Tuesday, 30 May 2023

GWCL TO EXTEND WATER SUPPLY TO FRAFRAHA NSUO -ANO COMMUNITY

                story by: Hagar Sey              

Residents of the Frafraha Nsuo Ano Community in the La-Nkwantanang-Madina Municipality, have commended the Ghana Water Company, GWCL, for their efforts in connecting the Community into the main water system. According to them, for so many years the Community has not had access to potable water. Residents therefore have had to rely on a water tank, borehole and sachet water. The residents made the commendation when the Ghana Wash Journalists Network, GWJN, followed up on the Community after a documentary was made on their water situation last year.  Frafraha Nsuo Ano is a fishing community with a population of over five thousand. For so many years, the community has not had access to potable water. Residents have to walk for about ten to fifteen minutes to access a borehole in the community. The residents complained the water tanker is expensive. A situation which according to them, has compelled them to resort to using untreated water from a borehole for domestic use. According to the Sustainable Development Goal Six target for 2030, water should be accessible, safe and affordable for all. This indicator requires that the Country invests in adequate infrastructure; it is for this reason that the government made a huge investment to expand the Kpong Water Treatment Plant to enable it to supply an additional 40 million gallons per day to seven-hundred-thousand inhabitants in communities including Adentan, Madina, Kwabenya and Ashongman. A follow up visit to the community after the documentary by the GWJN shows that the GWCL has shown some commitment in extending water supply to the community. The GWCL has already laid pipe lines in certain parts of the community. In an interview with a resident, Ibrahim Satrana, he said there has been a consultation between the community and the Ghana Water Company on how to extend potable water to them. He said the community has been tasked to pay a minimal amount of money so that they can be connected to the main system. The residents appealed to the GWCL to speed up work.

 

FEVLOKOKPE APPEAL FOR POTABLE WATER

 Story by Hagar Sey


                                                  image by google

Residents of Fevlokokpe in the Shai Osudoku District have appealed to the government through the Assembly to provide the Community with potable water. They lamented that the only source of water in the Community is a small Dam which they share together with animals in the area. This, they said, mostly leave their water contaminated; and they have no other choice than to use it as it is for their domestic chores. Water, they say, is life; and lack of potable water has serious health implications for people and the nation as a whole. It is due to its importance that the Sustainable Development Goal Six, states that water should be accessible to all by 2023. Fevlokokpe, a farming community with a population of over 200 have, however, been denied access to this life essential need. Lack of potable water in the community is posing a serious health threat to the residents, especially women and children. According to the residents, women and children walk for a long distance to access the only available contaminated water in the area. According to them, most of the residents are afflicted with bilharzia, river blindness and skin diseases as a result of using contaminated water. They have therefore called on the government, to as a matter of urgency provide them with potable water or construct a borehole for the community.