Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced that the government will cancel the contract for the Pwalugu Dam project due to the contractor’s inability to secure funds for completion. The project, which was initially allocated $993 and given a five-year timeline, remains unfinished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to Opoku, the project’s primary objectives were to provide hydropower to boost Ghana’s electricity supply, address flood spillage issues, and supply water for agricultural use. However, despite the significant investment, the project remains incomplete, with additional funding of $56 million required to move forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government has decided to terminate the contract and explore alternative solutions to complete the project. Opoku emphasized that the government’s intention is to complete the Pwalugu Dam project, but a new approach is necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Government to Terminate Pwalugu Dam Contract Due to Funding Issues<\/p>\n
Minister of Food and Agriculture, Eric Opoku, has announced that the government will cancel the contract for the Pwalugu Dam project due to the contractor’s inability to secure funds for completion. The project, which was initially allocated $993 and given a five-year timeline, remains unfinished.<\/p>\n
According to Opoku, the project’s primary objectives were to provide hydropower to boost Ghana’s electricity supply, address flood spillage issues, and supply water for agricultural use. However, despite the significant investment, the project remains incomplete, with additional funding of $56 million required to move forward.<\/p>\n
The government has decided to terminate the contract and explore alternative solutions to complete the project. Opoku emphasized that the government’s intention is to complete the Pwalugu Dam project, but a new approach is necessary.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5535,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-latest","category-local"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5531"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5536,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5531\/revisions\/5536"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gistme.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}