JM pledges to take on, all behind Pwalugu Dam financial Loss.

JM pledges to take on, all behind Pwalugu Dam financial Loss.

National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Mahama has promised to take action against those responsible for the financial mismanagement of the Pwalugu Dam project if he is elected.

During a media engagement in Bolgatanga, Mahama expressed concern that despite an investment of $12 million, no significant progress has been made on the project. The Pwalugu multipurpose dam, initially intended to be completed by 2019, was designed to alleviate recurring floods in the Upper East Region.

Mahama committed to completing the dam project, stating that his administration would prioritize its completion and ensure that those responsible for the delays and financial losses are held accountable for their actions.

“We didn’t start it because we were not able to procure dedicated funding for it because for a project like that when you start, funding it must continue till its completion and so when this new government came, they took it up and in 2019 they cut sod for it.

They said it was going to be funded from the Government of Ghana (GoG) budget and I knew that that was going to be a problem because to have almost $1 billion project funded from the GoG budget then you can be sure that it will face the hazards that every project that depends on the consolidated fund faces and that is exactly what happened.”

“Of course, it made a lot of political capital for the president’s party in cutting sod for that project…Unfortunately, we have rather lost money because almost $12 million was paid for no work done. You go to the site there is absolutely nothing there so somebody has caused financial loss to the state and must be held to account.

“But it is a project that is desirable. We intend to continue”, he stated.

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Source: HR Forum News