IN the past weeks, the capital city of Ghana, Accra, has been hit by an acute water shortage. The problem has compelled many people in Accra to carry along buckets, gallons, poly-tanks among other water storage facilities in search of this basic necessity.
SOME have had to travel long distances, combing through all corners of the city in search of water. The current water problem in Accra which seems to improve gradually underscores the importance of water and how we human beings cannot do without the commodity.
THE Ministry of Water Resources Works and Housing and stakeholders responsible for the provision of water have attributed the problem to fault which developed in their control panel. The water problem was so serious that officials of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) came out to announce that they will need the assistance of foreign expertise.
AGAINST this background, the country has crossed its fingers waiting for the foreign engineers who are expected to touch down today. What it means that the foreign engineers are the only people who can help us out of the current problem.
THAT, in our estimation, is most unfortunate! Are we trying to assert that we do not have the technical-know how to fix the problem, having been in charge of the facility for so many years? Indeed, the water crisis has left many Accra residents without water for several days. Some have even had to buy bags of sachet water for their domestic activities. People had had to wake up very early all in efforts to get a bucket or two of both potable and well water.
HOWEVER, Ghanaians heaved a sigh of relief when they heard refreshing news that some engineers from the GWCL had managed to partially repair the broken down equipment. This therefore saw some parts of Accra having. But the fact remains that there are still places which are grappling with the problem.
UNDOUBTEDLY, the adage that ‘water is life’ cannot be overemphasized since water is needed for domestic and industrial use. Whenever there is shortage of basic necessities of this nature people out of frustrations begin to castigate the government for being incompetent.
THIS brings to the fore the need for the government agency concerned to address the problem. It is heartwarming that the problem is gradually improving and hopefully would be over. TODAY commends engineers at GWCL for at least making the effort to address the situation.
WE at TODAY also take this chance to appeal to Accra residents to stay calm as a lasting solution is found to the problem. We hope people who sell water to the consuming people would not abuse the situation for their selfish aggrandizement.
THE paper would also like to charge Ghanaians to manage and use water wisely such that in the wake of crises we will not have too much cause to complain.
