Published on: 29/07/2011
Mr Edem Asimah, Chairman of the Select Committee on Water and Sanitation, [has] urged government to determine its own water delivery systems for the people and not allow donors to impose their conditions on us.
He said over the years various governments had failed to stop donors from imposing conditionalities on the water sector and this had negatively affected the quality of water delivery in the country.
Mr Asimah, who is the Member of Parliament for South Dayi, was speaking at a stakeholder seminar organized by CONIWAS in collaboration with Water Aid, Ghana on [...] “The right to water and sanitation in Ghana: A national action plan for implementation”.
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Mr Ben Arthur, Executive Secretary of CONIWAS, said even though Ghanaians have the right to demand for water and sanitation services from state institutions it should not be misinterpreted that the services should be free.
He said every right exercised by the people came with a lot of responsibilities, which Ghanaians must not gloss-over.
He said the government had a responsibility to [...] protect people who could not afford the water [and]
to ensure that people have access to good drinking water and at reasonable prices.
[T]he Coalition had already presented a memorandum for the adoption of the rights to water and sanitation to the Constitutional Review Committee.
Source: GNA, 28 Jul 2011
