1V1D: Do not expect a significant dam with GHC250k – Minister to Critics

General News of Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Source: www.ghanaweb.com

2019-07-16

The Minister of Special Development Initiatives, Mavis Hawa Koomson, said Ghanaians should not expect a large dam with 250,000 GHC allocated to their ministry, as this amount can not build the dam. type Akosombo they wish.

Addressing Ghanaweb during an exclusive interview, the minister said the pond-shaped dams were exactly what the Akufo-Addo-led government had promised Ghanaians during the election period. 2016 and not at the dams in the form of Akosombo.

According to her, it will not take less than $ 3 million to build a major dam, but to do so, 250,000 GHC will not do much.

The dams under construction, she maintained, are exactly what the NPP promised; dams only to provide water for domestic and irrigation purposes.

The disturbance, she says, is the least of her concerns, on the contrary, she is proud of the progress made so far in the 1-V-1-D project.

Responding to her criticism, she said, "Look at the cost, 250,000 GHC. if you build a significant dam, you need nothing less than $ 3 million. So, if I build a dam of 250,000 GHC, what kind of dam do you expect from me? This is the kind of dam we promised the people, we did not say we were building a dam type of 3 or 6 million euros.

In addition, the minister said: "We said a village, a dam, we did not say dam Bui or Akomsobo for the village and when we say a dam in the village, some of us know the type of dam we are talking about. , this is not the most important type, it's up to the people to use it in times of drought and the animal will not go too far for people to steal it or s & # 039; Are going to die because, if they do not get water, they will definitely die, so we needed water near the village. "

Comparing what his government has done and what the NDC government did when it was in power, it added, "I tell you that the fact that NDC did something that is not as big as that's what we have and that's why I'm proud of that. myself from what I do because I've seen what they've done and if you compare the two, you can see the difference. "