Many of the times, you do not need scientifc proof to make certain pronouncements on issues but you will not bee allowed since those comments will be considered vain and unsupportted.
i know you are eager to know what exactly am talking about, now here is what, the 'Pure' water or the sachet water research which concluded that more than or nearly 85 per cent of the sachet water in Ghana is unsafe. i guess if you are reading from Europe, America or Asia you know what sachet water, let me know by way of comment if we are not on the same page on this one.
Now here is the big issue, 85 per cent of the water that almost everybody drinks in Ghana is unsafe, and i need to say this here and now that it does not come as a shock to me at all. here is why:
I did my National Service at a place in Ghana which is often refered to as one of the most deprived communities or districts in the country. Am talking about the Kwahu North District which you might know as the Afram Plains. I was in the District Capital, Donkorkrom and i can for now, following more accurately from the research from this medical unit say that all the satchet water manufactured or that is being sold in that part of Ghana is unsafe, its a 100%.
Can you imagne this? When i buy one brand of pure water, that is a whole bag which contains 30 satchets of water, each of these satchets in this same one bag give me a different taste, very unwelcoming odour(most often) and a very light texture of sachet quality. now tell me, why should this be?
Do you know what i did when i first came into contact with this issue, i told myself i will not patronize the services of that company anymore so i changed to another. please bear in mind there are only four brands of sachet water selling in the whole of that district, a district which is one-third of the whole Eastern Region in terms of land size.In fact the last brand came on board whiles i was there and it was been produced by the MP of the area, he was a new MP so i think he wanted to be felt among the people so i guess that was one way of doing so, i may be wrong. if am wrong just forgive, i hope you would.
So this is what happened, when i got disenchanted with one brand and went for the other, i thought it was going to be all well and good. In fact there is no change in value, some actually smell like dead meat, please am serious, no joking at all.
So this confirmation of a fact that some of us have long been scared of, has waited too long to be confirmed by an appropriate authority and the fact that they are considering shutting down all of such producers in my opinion is not going to do us any good. i guess the main issue here is that of poverty and the lack of ability to procure the necessary logistics to produuce the quality sachet water that we all would love to drink. Assistance is what has to be given to these producers, i might not know exactly how, but whe their engaged by the appropriate authority, the right solutions will come up. Do you think these guys are in business to kill?mmmmmmmmm hell no lol. i dont think so.
On the other hand, should they go ahead and ban as the Ghana Standard Board is proposing, i guess that is what have been their solution to these sort of problems that we increasingly face by the day. Now this is what would happen, there will not be any sachet water selling in the Afram Plains once this ban is effectively enforced, this one i know for sure.
Oh i see, some of you are thinking this presents some of the well established brands in Accra to access this market. Forget it, this wont happen in the short run because i know so well the transportation challenges therein.
This damage has happened and it continues to happen, our immune system has been fighting so hard to keep us alive and definitely some immune systems have grown weak and some have effectively adapted. i can only advice that an outright ban is not the way to go. think about the income of the people please and try to kill two beds with one stone instead one stone, one bed.
I hope i was not economics bias in my advice, if i was, do not blame me, blame my lecturer who says economist are not moralist. so if there is an issue of morality in there i might not see. But i hope there isn't, right?
i guess this is how much i can say for now.
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