And the Minister in this morning’s first-ever Fiji National water Forum attacked a certain Media outlet, for misreporting the water meter installation cost.
Bala bluntly attacked the media outlet whilst addressing the members gathered at the Forum.
“Just a few weeks ago there was an article where it was said that WAF is charging $1000 per meter, that is not the truth, the truth is that WAF charges only $350 please correct that statement. And on top of that WAF has also enabled all the squatter settlements to pay upfront $50 and then monthly $50, just to assist our very needy people, and therefore I made this comment about the Media, please do the right thing, I a m not here to tell you what to do, but correct information is very important for our communities.”
The water authority has confirmed that the price of installation of water meters is in fact $366.95 and not $350 as stated by the Minister.
This figure includes the installation and the application fee.