This is according to residents of some communities in the Upper East region who have expressed shock and disappointment at the manner in which the dams are being constructed. Community members of Dachio and Kajolo both in the Upper East region say they were ‘wowed’ by the execution of the projects in their respective areas in less than a week. “How can you construct a dam in less than a week, in fact in four days” a Male community member quizzed. Out of a total of 140 dams allocated to the Upper East region, only 40 have been constructed with some at various stages of completion with each dam estimated to cost Two hundred and Forty Thousand Ghana cedis (GH¢240,000). You don’t go giving a village that has a dam another dam and go to a village that has a whole river that doesn’t dry and give them a dam” he said.

Source: GhanaWeb May 20, 2019 08:53 UTC