Twenty-four customers of the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) have appeared before the Asokwa Court 3, presided over by Her Lady Hilda Esther Wryther, for non-payment of GH¢400,000 water tariffs.
Mr. Elvis Boateng, Assistant Ashanti South Commercial Manager, told the media that, the suspects decided not to pay after the Ghana Water Company tried severally to get payments for water used by them.
He disclosed that, even at the court sitting some of the defaulters failed to show up while others were represented.
Presenting the case to the court, Ebenezer Padi Narh, Ashanti Regional Public Relation Officer (PRO), stated that most of the defaulters owed the company between one and two years for using the water without any attempt to pay.
According to him, access to quality water was human rights, but the monies invested in the production, treatment, and the services of vehicles and other logistics to deliver daily operations was costly, and expressed worry over why customers refused to pay for the services rendered by the company, and insisted on collecting every pesewa owed.
The case has been adjourned to Monday, August 28, 2023, to enable all the defaulters to appear before the court.
