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Sachet water sellers ignorant of the
price hike
Accra, Dec. 01, Ghanadot/GNA - The announcement by the Union
of Sachet
Water Producers (USWAP) for an additional one Ghana pesewa
on the sale
of every sachet water for the collection of plastic waste
has not gone down well with its sellers since most of them
do not know what the money would be used for.
In an interview with the GNA, most of the sellers at the
Central Business District were not even aware of the
announcement and those who appeared to have knowledge about
it said whenever they tried to sell the water at five Ghana
pesewas, the buyers complained and most of the time, refused
to buy.
"Whenever I tell them that a sachet cost 5 pesewas, the
buyers immediately protest and tell me to go away and that
he would get one to buy at four pesewas," said Beatrice
Chani, sachet water seller.
Janet Sackey, a sachet water seller who expressed knowledge
about announcement appealed to all the sachet water
producers associations to intensify the education on the
price hike since and the reasons most of
them do not know what the money would be used for.
Some of the sellers were even selling a sachet of water at
three pesewas, as they were not aware that they were
supposed to sell it at four pesewas.
While some of the people the GNA spoke to had no idea about
the price hike, those who had heard of the announcement too
totally disagreed with the it since to them, it was the
responsibility of the AMA to rid the city of filth and not
the citizenry since they pay taxes.
"I pay tax on everything that I sell and some of the money
go to the AMA for the maintenance of the city and so I don't
see why pay an extra money on anything that I buy for the
maintenance of the city", said Grace Nortey, a fish seller.
GNA
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