Show commitment to civic responsibilities — MCE Adentan (Page 17)

THE Adentan Municipal Chief Executive (MCE), Mrs Nubyl Kakra VanLare, has urged Ghanaians to show commitment to their civic responsibilities and refrain from taking advantage of the needy and vulnerable in society.
She expressed concern over the way some Ghanaians took delight in profiting at the expense of others who were in need, saying, “It is even worse when such actions are illegal.”
Mrs VanLare gave the advice when she interacted with representatives of the Water Sellers Association of Adjirigannor in the Adentan municipality to deliberate on the plight of residents and how they could get potable water in their homes.
Present at the meeting were the Member of Parliament (MP) for Adentan, Mr Kojo Adu Asare; the Presiding Member (PM) of the assembly, Madam Gladys Gillian Naadu Tetteh, as well as some assembly members.
The MCE said for the rest of the people in the municipality to get access to potable water which they paid for, the activities of people who stored water in large containers to illegally sell to others at higher prices should be stopped.
The Adentan municipality has experienced acute water shortage over the years, a situation some residents attribute to the illegal connection of water by some of the water sellers and also population explosion.
Apart from the residents not getting water for their daily use, the government also loses revenue, since those water sellers are either illegally connected or do not pay the correct rate to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).
Mrs VanLare said there was the need for stringent measures to be taken to stop the activities of those sellers to ensure uninterrupted water supply to the homes of people who were genuinely in need.
She added that although some of the water sellers had legally connected pipes to their various localities, they had no licence to operate as commercial entities and asked them to regularise their operations or they would be made to stop operating entirely.
She gave the assurance that in addition to checking the illegal operators, efforts would be made to solve the acute water problem which had been affecting residents.