To ensure that residents of Adaklu and the nearby areas always have access to water, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commissioned a water delivery infrastructure.
The President had 2020 cut sod for the project, which is part of the third phase of the Five District Water Supply Project, to service 95 settlements in Adaklu, Agortime-Ziope, and Central Tongu, which have a total population of 89,150.
President Akufo-Addo said at the commissioning that the Government remained focused on delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in a multi-faceted approach and listed significant achievements including, the Spain Ghana Debt Swap, and others across the country such as the 32 million Euros Sustainable Water Improvement project for the Volta, Oti, Greater Accra, and Eastern Regions.
Others include the on-going Keta Water Project, Wenchi Water, the Sekondi Takoradi and one for the Sogakope-Lome corridor, which the President said would benefit more than 4 million people.
He commended stakeholders for the collective effort towards the project and called to protect the water resources considering the weight on the taxpayer.
Madam Cecilia Dapaah, Minister for Sanitarian and Water Resources, said through the efforts of the government, water scarcity was being addressed, and expressed gratitude to the President.
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