In order to support the maintenance of the water infrastructure in the Upper East Region, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has urged residents to pay their water bills on time.
“Maintaining this new infrastructure means, also, paying your bills on time. Through that, it will ensure the general well-being and health of all the respective communities,” he said.
The President made the decision while dedicating a freshly built water treatment facility at Tono in the local Kassena-Nankana Municipality.
In order to implement the water project, he claimed that in January 2018, the government, working through the Ministry of Finance, secured funding totalling 37, 683, 226.00 Euros, made up of a 12 million Euro grant from the Dutch government and a 25 million Euro facility from the ING Bank, also located in the Netherlands.
According to President Akufo-Addo, the project was divided into two phases in order to increase the design horizon and account adequately for future demand. This is in keeping with the government’s goal to build water projects while taking future population growth into consideration.
As he explained, “this is approximately four and a half million gallons of water per day, making a threefold increase from the 1.5 million gallons per day which was currently available to residents in the region,” he said that the water supply system would provide the people of Navrongo, Bolgatanga, Paga and its surroundings with 20,500 cubic meters of water per day.
A total of 347,446 people, he claimed, will receive access to potable water. He named further beneficiary localities as Zuarungu, Zaare, Sumbrungu, Kalbeo, Gambibgo, Winkogo, Bongo, Yorogo, and Tindonmologu, among others.
“The execution and completion of the Upper East Water Supply project falls in line with the programme of Government to achieve a target set under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal number six of ensuring the availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all,” he stated.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
