{"id":12776,"date":"2025-08-21T11:46:17","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:46:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=12776"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:46:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:46:17","slug":"afenyo-markin-demands-restoration-of-water-supply-in-effutu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=12776","title":{"rendered":"Afenyo-Markin demands restoration of water supply in Effutu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has written to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWL), urging the immediate restoration of water supply to the Effutu Municipality.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter dated August 20, 2025, Mr Afenyo-Markin stated that the water disruption has persisted for &#8220;more than two weeks&#8221; and is causing &#8220;unbearable hardship&#8221; for the population of over 140,000.<\/p>\n<p>The letter details the severe impact of the water shortage across multiple sectors of the community:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Public Health<\/strong>: Hospitals and clinics are unable to maintain basic hygiene standards, leading to a sharp escalation in the risk of waterborne diseases like cholera and dysentery.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Education<\/strong>: Schools and tertiary institutions are struggling to operate without a reliable source of safe water, which has compromised sanitation and posed a direct threat to the health and safety of students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Households<\/strong>: Families are being forced to rely on irregular and expensive private water suppliers, disrupting daily routines and disproportionately affecting vulnerable groups such as children and the elderly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Economic Activity<\/strong>: The lack of water has paralyzed small businesses, including food vendors, hospitality operators, and artisans, resulting in a significant loss of income and a broader slowdown in local commerce.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr Afenyo-Markin\u2019s letter, addressed to the Managing Director of GWL, requests an &#8220;immediate clarification on the cause of this disruption&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>He also demanded a timeline for when residents can expect a full restoration of uninterrupted water supply, highlighting that the crisis has &#8220;compounded sanitation challenges&#8221; and is threatening the &#8220;overall socio-economic well-being&#8221; of the municipality.<\/p>\n<p>A copy of the letter was also sent to the Minister of Works, Housing, and Water Resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin, has written to the Ghana Water Company Limited (GWL), urging the immediate restoration of water supply to the Effutu Municipality. In a letter dated August 20, 2025, Mr Afenyo-Markin stated that the water disruption has persisted for &#8220;more than two weeks&#8221; and is causing &#8220;unbearable hardship&#8221; for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":12777,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[165,41,13],"tags":[3952],"class_list":["post-12776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-general-news","category-health","tag-ghana-water-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12776"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12778,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12776\/revisions\/12778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}