HOW THE NDC HAS FAILED ACCRA’S WATER SECURITY: THE WATER CRISIS EXPOSES NDC’S TOTAL FAILURE IN LEADERSHIP
The ongoing water crisis in Teshie, Nungua, and many parts of Accra, which worsened from late 2025 into early 2026, is not an accident. It is the direct result of poor leadership, weak supervision, and deep neglect by the NDC government. This crisis is devastating, painful, and completely unacceptable in a modern capital city.
For months, families and residents in these communities have lived without a regular supply of water. Homes, schools, clinics, churches, and small businesses have been forced to depend on water tankers and sachet water. Some households now spend between GHS 30 and GHS 50 daily just to get water. That is money taken away from food, transport, school fees, and healthcare. This is not hardship caused by nature; it is hardship caused by government failure.
One of the biggest reasons for this crisis is the shutdown of the Teshie–Nungua Desalination Plant, a major facility built to support water supply in Accra. The plant, designed to serve hundreds of thousands of residents, was allowed to shut down due to contractual disputes, debt issues, and a lack of proper government action. A responsible government would have acted fast to resolve this. The NDC government did not. The taps went dry, and the people paid the price.
Accra’s water problem is not new. Daily water demand in the city is far higher than the supply, leaving a large deficit every single day. Experts have warned that without investment in maintenance, expansion, and loss control, Accra would face serious shortages. Yet under the NDC, old pipes continue to leak, systems break down, and more than half of treated water is lost before reaching homes. This is a waste on a national scale.
The consequences are dangerous. Poor sanitation increases the risk of cholera, typhoid, and other water-related diseases. Health facilities struggle to operate safely. Children wake up at dawn to search for water before school. This is how cities decline when leadership fails.
The NDC government must be held fully responsible. Excuses cannot wash hands. Press statements cannot replace water.
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has always stood for planning, infrastructure, and practical solutions. Ghana needs leadership that treats water as a basic right, not a political afterthought. Strong investment, firm contract management, modern systems, and accountability are the only way forward.
Accra does not need sympathy.
Accra needs competent governance.
And the water crisis proves clearly: the NDC has failed this test.
By: Blessing Mantey
