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Pawlungu Multipurpose feasibility studies cost $60 to $70 million U.S dollars– Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto
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Pawlungu Multipurpose feasibility studies cost $60 to $70 million U.S dollars– Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto

Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, the Minister in charge of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture has revealed that feasibility studies conducted at the Pwalungu Multipurpose Dam Project cost between $60 to $70 million United State dollars. Apexnewsgh.com report The Minister made the revelation in the Upper East Region during a radio engagement with Ura Radio monitored by Apexnewsgh.com on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.The Minister also revealed that the construction of the Pwalungu Multipurpose will cost One Billion U.S dollars ($1 Billion). “Now the Pwalungu is a big one, is going to cost us a billion U.S dollars ($1Billion) when the President Inaugurated it three years ago, we were talking to financiers including the Chinese government to see how we will do it. The feasibility studies have been completed and now we have a document to go out searching for money to come and start the project, so definitely the Pawlungu will be a big one, it will be the biggest single investment in the who of the 5 Savanna regions since independence. So, they should be hopeful, it will come on”. He assured He added: “Feasibility studies cost $ 60 to 70 million U.S dollars” The Minister reveals Source: Apexnewsgh.com/GhanaFor publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Pwalungu Multi-Purpose Dam: Dr. Bawumia seeks World Bank Financial Intervention
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Pwalungu Multi-Purpose Dam: Dr. Bawumia seeks World Bank Financial Intervention

Ghana’s Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has made an open request to the World Bank to consider coming to the government’s rescue as far as Pwalungu Multipurpose Dam Project is concerned. Apexnewsgh.com report Dr. Bawumia made the open request on Friday, November 25, 2022, in Bolgatanga during the launch of the Gulf of Guinea Northern Region Social Cohesion (SOCO) Project. On Wednesday, November 2, at the launch of the Northern Development Authority’s five-year strategic plan in Tamale Dr. Bawumia revealed that the project is facing financial challenges but insisted the government is determined to find the resources to complete the construction of the dam. President Akufo-Addo cut sod for the construction of the Pwalungu Multipurpose dam project in 2019It was to be funded with a Sydohydro facility of $993 million.The project, awarded to China Power International group, was scheduled for completion four years after the sod cutting. The project was aimed at addressing the perennial flooding associated with the spillage of the Bagre dam from neighboring Burkina-Faso and also providing 60MW and 50MW of hydro and solar electricity respectively. Meanwhile, addressing the congregation at the launch of the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion (SOCO) Project, the Vice President used the medium to make a request to the World Bank. “As Oliver Twist, we will always ask for more. One of the major projects this government has a major intention to see happen in the northern regions of Ghana because it will really impact on climate resilience and food production, flood control, and so on is the Pwalungu Multi-purpose dam project”. “The Pwalungu dam project is a project I believe the World Bank should really take a key interest in and development partners as well. The government is trying to make start but faces some financial challenges at the moment, but we want to make sure that this project sees the light of day and is completed. So, I just want to put it on the team that we will be discussing this project further with you so that we can see to it construction”. The Vice President said The Country Director, World Bank Pierre Frank Laporte and some other influential dignitaries from both local and national were all present at the launch of the Gulf of Guinea Northern Regions Social Cohesion (SOCO) Project Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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NPP Communicator maintained work at Pawlugu Multi-purpose dam is currently ongoing despite…
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NPP Communicator maintained work at Pawlugu Multi-purpose dam is currently ongoing despite…

A member of the Upper East Regional Communication team of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) Moses Amoah has refuted the claim that the Pawlungu Multi-Purpose dam is currently halted. According to the information from some media outlets, CSOs, and some respected citizens in the region who have visited the site, they said workers at the site scene have packed all their materials out from the site. In fact, an NDC communicator during a programme described the state of the current site scene as a grazing yard, stressing that nothing is happening. However, responding to the claim that workers at the Pawlugu site can no longer be found, Mr. Amoah agrees with the fact that “there have been some delays in the project and all of us are not happy but the groundwork has started and the government is committed. He stressed According to him, “As we speak, work is currently ongoing at the Pwalungu Multi-Purpose dam, the relocation process is ongoing, and quantity surveyors are there probably looking at how they can pay compensation to people, they are looking at how they move a different community to another community. He claimed “We have to move it from the rhetoric, we are even better. The NDC came and diverted funds that were secured by Former President Kufour from the Brazilian government to Eastern Corridor road so we are even better. As we speak, there is an office located in Tema for the pawlungu Multi-purpose dam”. Meanwhile, on November 29th, 2019, the President of the Republic of Ghana, His Excellency (H.E.) Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, cut the sod for the construction of the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Dam Project. The project, which is the single largest investment ever made in the Northern part of Ghana, and is estimated to cost US$993 million, would consist of a Hydro-Solar hybrid system of 60 MW Hydro Power and 50 MW Solar Power. The Multi-Purpose Dam, expected to be completed in four years, would control the perennial flooding in the Northern regions caused by heavy rains and the spillage from the Bagre Dam. Source: Apexnewsgh.com|Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen|Ghana For publication please kindly contact us on 0256336062 or Email: apexnewsgh@gmail.com

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Chinese in charge of Pwalugu Multi-Purpose dam leaving site, no fund–Prof Miller reveals Professor David Miller
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Chinese in charge of Pwalugu Multi-Purpose dam leaving site, no fund–Prof Miller reveals

A well-known farmer and founder and Vice-Chancellor of the Millar Institute for Transdisciplinary and Development Studies (MITDS), Professor David Millar has revealed that the Chinese in charge of Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam are leaving the site for a different location. Apexnewsgh.com report. Speaking to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnewsgh.com on Tuesday, March 29, 2022, in an exclusive interview, Professor David Miller said: “The whole thing is becoming negative. The Chinese who were there when we went, some of them have moved out. So, we don’t know what is happening”. He lamented. He said, from the way things are going, it is clear that there is no money to fund the project. You know some monies were allocated for the project in this year’s budget, but finances have thrown the budget out of gear. There is no money to finance the project”. He, however, advised the government to suspend the mouthwatering multi-purpose dam for a while since a little over $10milion will bring back the Vea dam to shape. “Vea is there, is not totally collapse, it will place at 30 or 40 percent and with just a little bit of investment, Vea could be brought to 60 to 80 performance. The problem with Vea is the canals”. “If the government can say let’s suspend the Pwalugu for a while and let’s develop Vea first, it will make development sense. “In any case, the Vea has a direct benefit for the Upper East Region than Pwalugu. Pawlugu benefit is indirect, s more in North East Region but Vea is sitting in the Upper East Region. We have evidence to show that Upper East Region will be losing land and any other opportunities while North East will be gaining. In less than one year, Vea Dam could be fixed. Professor Miller stressed Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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UER: Those Who Think Government Isn’t Doing Anything About Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Are Neysayers—UE REGIONAL MINISTER Stephen Yakubu, Upper East Regional Minister
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UER: Those Who Think Government Isn’t Doing Anything About Pwalugu Multi-Purpose Are Neysayers—UE REGIONAL MINISTER

The Upper East Regional Minister Stephen Yakubu has said, that the Pwalugu Multi-Purpose dam project implementation and faces are followed strictly. Therefore, those who think that the government is not going to do anything about it, are naysayers- apexnewsgh.com reports In 2019, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cut the sod for the construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam in the Talensi District in the Upper East Region. The $993 million projects which is being financed solely by the government, has been on the drawing board since the early 1960s, and the sod-cutting ceremony was thus considered historic. But, it appears that since after the sod cutting, some citizens in the region were not happy with the level of work progress, leading to their conclusion that the government isn’t going to do anything about the multi-purpose dam. Meanwhile, according to the Regional Minister Mr. Yakubu, those thinking otherwise about the project are naysayers. He spoke to Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen of Apexnews Gh. “I can tell you that the implementation, the faces are been followed strictly. Even last week, they came and brief me in my office. We want to do it right, we don’t want to have any problems because we have had dams before and therefore we are building on that. So, the problems we had in the earlier dams we constructed, we want to make sure that this time we get it right. So, I can tell you that they are doing what they need to do. Currently, they came and went to the Talensi area engaging those they are going to resettle and therefore, those who think that the government is not going to do anything about it, they are naysayers and they will see this dam constructed and it will be constructed. As a Regional Minister, am knocking on the doors of the President and the President is very committed to it, the government is very committed to it and we will see it through and the beneficiaries will be Upper East Region”. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 05555568093

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Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam construction to start 2021—President Akufo-Addo President Akufo-Addo
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Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam construction to start 2021—President Akufo-Addo

“The construction of the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam project is aimed at mitigating the regular floods that occur in the White-Volta basin covering parts of the Upper East and North East Regions. Preparatory activities started in 2020 and would be completed by the first half of this year with actual construction commencing the second half of this year, Commissioning is expected in 2025. It is the single largest investment in the northern part of Ghana, made by any government,”. The President made this pronouncement during his State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, March 9, 2021. The President who was very emphatic during his address assured the country and more especially the people of the Upper East and North East Region that, earthworks on the Pwalugu Multipurpose Dam will begin in the second half of 2021 after the completion of preparatory activities in the first half. Meanwhile, President comments trail the submission of Former Energy Minister John Peter Amewu who during his vetting as Minister Designate for Railway Development disclosed that the construction company in charge of constructing the dam, Power China, has written to the Ministry of Energy for initial mobilization to officially commence work, adding that the delay was due to funding challenges. President Akufo-Addo during the sod-cutting event explained that the Pwalugu multi-purpose dam and irrigation project when constructed, remains the single largest investment by any government in Ghana’s North. The three main components of the project are a dam with an elevation of 165 meters and a maximum reservoir of 350 square kilometers, a hydroelectric power generation unit made up of two turbines with 60 megawatts of installed capacity, and 16.5 megawatts of firm continuous capacity as well as an irrigation scheme consisting of 12 metres high weir and canal system spanning about 25, 000 hectares of land. Apart from boosting economic growth through increased solar energy supply, the project is expected to help cut down on the importation of food such as rice and also serve as flood control due to the perennial flooding that often accompanies the spillage of the Bagre Dam in Burkina Faso. Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana/Ngamegbulam Chidozie Stephen Please contact Apexnewsgh.com on email apexnewsgh@gmail.com for your credible news publications. Contact: 0555568093.

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