NDC requests 1V1D investigations in the Far East

Zuarungu (U / E) May 31, GNA – The Upper East
The regional branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) invited Mr. Martin
Alamisi Amidu, the special prosecutor, to open criminal investigations into
the construction of "canoes under the guise of One-Village, One Dam (1V1D)".

The party spent the call Thursday at
press conference of its regional director of communication, Mr Ahmed
Saeed Tijani, in Zaurungu, in the eastern district of Bolgatanga.

According to Mr Tijani, the contractor
responsible for the canoe Zuarungu Gono, recently revealed in an interview on radio at
Zuarungu) that the sum of his contract amounted to 250 000 GH ¢.

"At the same time, other entrepreneurs from
similar projects also reported GH ¢ 240,000.00 as the sum of their contract. With those
large disparities in the cost of a dugout can not escape the conclusion
that these contracts lack transparency and are grossly inflated. "

"The fact is that the 40
supposed "dams" that are in progress are canoes, but no dams, and these canoes
were built sloppily, which resulted in some cases of child deaths
because of the defective technical characteristics. "

"For example, in Bongo district where
this initiative was launched and about eight "canoes" were made, including:
in Kulingu, Ayopea, Feo, among others. As we speak, they have already claimed four
innocent people live in Bongo District, "said Tijani.

The communications officer indicated that
"Canoe" Bolga-Soe whose banks were washed away by a two-hour rain
On April 25 of this year, three people were killed in less than a month after being "tidy"
built, and added that the district of Kbadena-Nankana West, which was also
allocated 10 "the dams had their own share of" poor quality work ", He said a dam
in Kajelo, a village near Navrongo, had its shores washed away on 25
April 2019 after a few hours of rain, while other villages such as Sakaa,
Kasugu, Kuliya, Katiu and Kayoro did not have water in their ponds.

Mr. Tijani stated that Bolgatanga District East
had three of the 1V1D projects in Zuarungu, Gono, Kunkua and Dacheo, and noted
Dacheo's "canoe" recently saw its banks washed away after a few hours of
rains.

NDC urged Amidu to "bring all people
guilty of having dissipated our scarce resources on these projects to book. "

GNA