News:
November 3, 2019
Minister of Special Development Initiative, Hawa Koomson has told Parliament that the cost of a small earth dam in the five regions in the north is two-hundred and fifty thousand Ghana cedis on the average.
According to the Minister each site has its unique topography and unique design as a result of that the size of the dams are not the same.
According to the Minister each site has its unique topography and unique design as a result of that the size of the dams are not the same.
She further told the House the Ministry is constructing small earth dams under the one village one dam initiative which is ideal for villages and communities in the five regions in the north.
This came to light, when MP for Garu wanted to know the cost per dam under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme (IPEP) in the regions in the north in 2017 and 2018.
“Mr. Speaker, last year the Ministry in collaboration with Ghana Irrigation Development Authority, the Northern Development Authority and Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the Northern Regions identified a total of five hundred and sixty sites for the construction of the small earth dams.
Each constituency in the Northern part of the country have been allocated a total of ten small earth dams”, she added.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/ghanamps.com