The Minister in charge of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto has announced to the people of the Upper East Region, that Vea rehabilitation will kick start next year 2023. Apexnewsgh.com report
The Minister who was on a visit to the Upper East Region made the pronouncement during a radio engagement at Ura Radio monitored by Apexnewsgh.com on Wednesday, December 7, 2022.
“When it comes to Vea Dam, Vea was one of the three major dams built in the 1970s which we allowed to go to waste in terms of lack maintenance and so on”.
“Since this government came, we have received a loan from the World Bank for rehabilitation a $110 million has been put into Tono irrigation scheme and what is left is Vea to get the money to start the project. So, the Vea dam we now have funding, so we are going to start with the rehabilitation in the 2023 season”. The Minister said
Source: Apexnewsgh.com/Ghana
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