Claims that the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWCL) has disconnected schools in its Tema region have been refuted by the company’s communications manager, Stanley Martey.
Ada SHS and Chemu SHS, two Senior High Schools (SHSs) in the Eastern Region and Accra that are part of the GWCL’s Tema region, were reportedly disconnected by the GWCL.
However, Mr. Martey said that the corporation had not yet disconnected any schools and had merely entered to collect money owed to them in an interview on Accra-based Citi FM on Monday.
“What you are hearing in recent times is that we go in to demand our money, and so far, we have not disconnected any of the schools. We have requested and demanded for our money, but we have not disconnected any schools,” he stated.
However, Mr. Martey explained that the company would not hesitate to do so if any SHS was recalcitrant in paying its bills.
“Per our standard operating procedures, we do not disconnect schools. Schools are classified as essential service providers, so we do not disconnect them. We only disconnect them when they have been recalcitrant in the payment of their bills or when they have deliberately refused to settle their bills.”
“Sometimes, we receive a communication from the secretariat that handles the Free SHS program, stating that we should go and disconnect some of the schools. This is perhaps because they have released some of the funds to them, so we go there to demand the money,” he stated.
