Many Ghanaians can no longer afford the cost of clean drinking water, and according to the country's Ministry of Health 70% of all disease in the country is water related.

"The World Bank policy is aimed at creating markets for multinational corporations dealing water, and those corporations are not charities, they are in it for the profit."

"We must establish networks of communities in defence of the right to water. These networks must share information about these companies, because they are the same companies."

Multinational corporations, such as Bechtel, Vivendi, Saur, Suez Lyonnaise of France and the UK's Biwater, "have realized that the gold of today is water, and because the availability of fresh water is reducing due to climate change and other environmental problems, the value of water is increasing.

Whoever controls the water in the future will control the wealth.