UDS Owes Ghana Water Company Over 200,000 Ghana Cedis – GWCL

University of Development Studies (UDS) is in debt to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) in the excess of 200,000 Ghana Cedis. This came as a result of refusal of the Institution to meet its bills over 2 year’s period. Disclosing this on Onua fm morning show ‘Yen Nsem Pa, the Northern Regional Public Relations Officer of GWCL Nii Abbey said all attempt to reach a common grounds with the authorities of UDS has so far proved unsuccessful.

According to Nii Abbey, GWCL over the years has on several occasions had meeting with the authorities of the school to device a payment plan but all those meetings have not yielded any positive results. Although the PRO said they have no plan of disconnecting UDS due to its heavy indebtedness to the Water Company, the company may be forced to take actions now that it is becoming difficult to meet its operational challenges.

“UDS owes us (GWCL) in the excess of 200,000 Ghana Cedis, we have tried severally to have them pay but still nothing. However we continue to supply them water all the same. The authorities keep telling us one story or another; meanwhile we also need money to do our works”

Nii Abbey also revealed to Bright Kwesi Asempa that UDS is not the only institution that is indebted to GWCL in the Northern region but other Institutions such as Tamale Teaching Hospital, National Sports Authoruty, ( mangers of Tamale Sports Stadium), and the newly converted Tamale Technical University. He also disclosed that not only those institutions that are in debt to GWCL but most of the Metropolitan Municipal District Assemblies in the Northern Region have owed various sums of money as well as households.

“Asempa, as we speak we are moving from house to house to collect bills instead of people coming to pay. This is what we as a company have decided to do because they are not paying. Even apart from UDS, other government agencies also owe us. Meanwhile we also need money to ensure a constant supply of water for all”

YENDI TO BE HIT WITH WATER CRISIS
Nii Abbey has also revealed that in the weeks to come, Yedi and its surroundings will be hit with water crisis as a result of human activities around the White Volta. Human activities like sand winning and other activities have polluted the White Volta beyond treatment. He maintained that treatment of White Volta now has become expensive and it will not be long before residents around there will be looking for water to use.