Ghana Water Company Archives

17 Mar

Ghana Water Company Inaugurates Audit Committee To Deepen Financial Oversight

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The Ghana Water Ltd (GWL) has inaugurated a new Audit Committee, in line with the Public Financial Management (PFM) Act, 2016 (Act 921), to strengthen internal control systems, ensure compliance, and enhance financial oversight within the institution. The five-member committee is chaired by Madam Gladys Gillian Naadu Tetteh, a seasoned governance and public financial management expert. The committee, among others, will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of internal and external audit recommendations, monitoring financial reporting processes, ensuring compliance with relevant laws and policies, and advising management on risk. It serves as an advisory body, supporting management to establish robust…

16 Nov

Ghana Water Company Limited To Start Retrieving Arrears On Monday

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The Management of Ghana Water Limited (GWL) has informed the public that the company would embark on a nationwide revenue mobilization exercise to retrieve all arrears owed by customers from Monday, November 20, 2023. As part of the exercise, Disconnection teams and Task Forces in the various regions and districts offices will disconnect all categories of customers whose bills are in arrears. Disconnected customers will be made to pay their bills in full together with reconnection fees before they are reconnected. ‘We therefore advise our valued customers to make efforts to pay their bills and clear all arrears to avoid…

24 Oct

GWCL Is Not Being Sold, Ignore The False Reports – MD

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The Managing Director of the Ghana Water Company, Ing. Dr. Clifford A. Braimah, has refuted claims that the company was up for sale. Speaking at the second edition of the company’s ‘Accounting to the People’ initiative, the managing director stressed that officials of the company are competent enough to manage the state-owned institution. He has therefore admonished Ghanaians to disregard the reports circulating in traditional and social media. Ing. Dr. Clifford A. Braimah said it is by company law that the company is going through some structural changes, and at the right time, they will come out and inform Ghanaians…

06 Oct

ECG, GWCL, NEDCo Pay GH¢I.2M As Compensation To Customers

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The Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL), and Northern Electricity Company (NEDCo) have paid a total of GH¢1,297,118.17 to customers for the first six months of 2023 as compensation. The amount paid by the three utilities comprised of GH¢1,299,118.17 in the form of adjustment for billing challenges while GH¢5,000 was paid as compensation for damages caused to customers between January and June 2023. The ECG and NEDCo paid GH¢522,749.74 while GWCL paid 769,368.43 as an adjustment to customers as a result of billing challenges during the first six months of 2023. In terms of compensation, ECG…

03 Apr

Ghana Water Company Disconnects GPHA Club House Over GH¢15,000 Debt

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The Ghana Water Company Limited has disconnected water to the Ghana Ports and Harbours Authority (GPHA) Club House in Tema as part of a special revenue mobilization operation to recover a debt of GHC140,000 owed to it by several institutions and households in Tema. The move by the special task force of the GWCL follows several attempts by the company to retrieve an amount of GHC15,000 owed it by the Authority. The GWCL special task force has for the past few days disconnected water to several households in Tema Newtown, Ashaiman (Valco Flat), and hotels including JoeCarl, Royal Nick Hotel,…