{"id":461857,"date":"2018-02-06T11:30:19","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T11:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/find-solutions-to-water-shortage-not-excuses-ngo-to-gwcl\/"},"modified":"2018-02-06T11:30:19","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T11:30:19","slug":"find-solutions-to-water-shortage-not-excuses-ngo-to-gwcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/06\/find-solutions-to-water-shortage-not-excuses-ngo-to-gwcl\/","title":{"rendered":"Find solutions to water shortage not excuses \u2013 NGO to GWCL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Tuesday,  6 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>classfmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-06<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/77190405.295.jpg\" alt=\"Water Shortage Dry\" title=\"Water Shortage Dry\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>GWCL to face parliament today on the water crisis situation in the country<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1517916619_670_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, is demanding for practical solutions and not excuse to the current water shortage situation facing the country.<\/p>\n<p>Their demand is coming as officials of Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) face parliament, today, Tuesday, 6 February 2018, to answer questions on the water crisis situation in the country and solutions in place to address it.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s appearance will be the second after an initial one on the matter could not produce a forward-looking solution.<\/p>\n<p>The current crisis has been attributed to heavy pollution as well as the dry season, forcing residents of affected communities to trek long distances in search of water.<\/p>\n<p>Reacting to this development in an interview with Class News, president of Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, Nana Dwomoh Sarpong, charged the GWCL to proffer practical solutions and not excuses to the problem as they looked on unconcern when river bodies were being destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cWhen their dams and catchment areas are being encroached they don\u2019t do anything about it so they are part of the problem and they should solve it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they say it is hopeless, how did we get here? I think somebody must be questioned, somebody must be responsible, we cannot accept this excuse and when people who are supposed to fix the problem come and give us excuses, don\u2019t they know that God naturally in his wisdom always warn us that when is dry season the volume of water in rivers decreases and when it is rainy season, it goes up, so it\u2019s telling us that if we don\u2019t take care of water it can dry up and they know it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe told them the fresh water is their raw material so they should protect it, guide it, prevent people from destroying it, if you don\u2019t do that, one day, it will affect all of us and this is what [is happening now] only for them to come and explain, we won\u2019t accept any explanations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Business News of Tuesday, 6 February 2018 Source: classfmonline.com 2018-02-06 GWCL to face parliament today on the water crisis situation in the country Environmental Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Friends of Rivers and Water Bodies, is demanding for practical solutions and not excuse to the current water shortage situation facing the country. 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