General News of Thursday, 29 July 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Finance Minister has revealed the cost of the free water government provided at the peak of the pandemic in Ghana• GH¢836.82 is the total amount spent on the free water policy• The free water policy began from April to December 2020Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta has noted that a total of GH¢836.82 million was spent on the free water government gave to Ghanaians as part of measures to fight coronavirus. The free water policy began from April 2020 to December 2020 and was later extended to June this year for lifeline domestic customers. Ken Ofori-Atta while delivering the mid-year budget statement in Parliament, noted that 10 million dwellers were supplied with potable water by the Ghana Water Company Limited. He said, “Mr Speaker, as part of the government’s social interventions for supply of free water under the COVID-19 initiatives, the Ministry of Sanitation and Water Resources partnered Ghana Water Company Ltd (GWCL) and the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) to ensure the full realisation of the objective. “In all, over ten million urban dwellers were supplied with potable water by GWCL from April to December 2020.

Source: GhanaWeb July 29, 2021 17:37 UTC