Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori Atta has said in line with the goal to achieve universal access to electricity by 2024, a total of 189 communities have been connected to the national grid.
He revealed that Other 211 communities at various stages of completion and the national electricity
access is estimatedat 88.85 percent as at third quarter, 2023, and our goal is to exceed a 90% mark by year end 2024.
Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta said this during the presentation of the 2024 Budget and Economic Statement to Parliament.
The minister said under the Infrastructure for Poverty Eradication Programme,
Government continues to embark on strategic investments across our
communities nationwide in line with the fiscal consolidation plan.
He said through the
Development Authorities, over 340 projects were completed in 2023 and
accordingly handed over to the beneficiary communities.
Mr. Ofori Atta said, Government constructed a total of 1,010 rural telephony sites under the Rural Telephony and Digital Inclusion Project, to provide voice signals
in underserved and unserved communities and this has benefitted about 1,353 rural communities who can now make calls via their mobile phones, thereby
enhancing social and economic activities in those communities.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Mensah Atakora
