{"id":93436,"date":"2025-09-10T04:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T04:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93436"},"modified":"2025-09-10T04:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T04:53:00","slug":"we-are-already-paying-more-kwadwo-poku-says-ghanaians-subsidising-gwcl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=93436","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We are already paying more\u2019 \u2013 Kwadwo Poku says Ghanaians subsidising GWCL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Executive Director of the Institute for Energy Policies and Research, Kwadwo Nsafoah Poku, says Ghanaians are already subsidising the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL).<\/p>\n

Speaking on Joy News\u2019 PM Express<\/em> on September 9, he revealed that the cost of producing water far outweighs the price consumers are paying. <\/p>\n

\u201cGhana Water Company today, I looked through their presentation and they are producing water far expensive than what we are paying for per cubic. So that means Ghana, we are actually subsidising water,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr. Poku made the comment in reaction to GWCL\u2019s request to the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) for a 280% upward adjustment in tariffs. <\/p>\n

The company attributed the demand to the devastating effects of illegal mining and pollution of water bodies.<\/p>\n

According to him, GWCL\u2019s situation differs from that of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), which is also seeking a 225 per cent increase in its Distribution Service Charge. <\/p>\n

\u201cBecause they have different problems, ECG distributes the electricity; they don\u2019t collect the money. Ghana Water distributes the water, but the cost of producing the water they distribute is very expensive. So that\u2019s the dichotomy between the two of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

He cautioned that approving the proposals solely from a business standpoint risks imposing unbearable costs on consumers. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut the point I want to make is that if you treat it as a business, as we businessmen do, then you\u2019ll be inclined to go line by line and approve it. But the problem you would have is that the person who bears the brunt of it is the consumer who can\u2019t afford it.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Mr. Poku, the country\u2019s utilities present a paradox. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo that\u2019s where I have always said that in Ghana now, one plus one is not equal to two, because all these things though justified\u2026\u201d he noted, warning that passing costs on without considering affordability could worsen the plight of consumers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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