Mahama promises to persecute persons responsible for $12m loss of Pwalugu Dam project

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Mahama, has promised to hold accountable, individuals responsible for causing financial loss to the Pwalugu Dam project if he regains the presidency.

According to Mahama, $12 million had been spent on the project, but no work had been accomplished. 

The Pwalugu multifunctional dam was meant to alleviate periodic flooding in the Upper East Region by 2019, but this has not happened. 

During a media appearance in Bolgatanga on Wednesday, the NDC flagbearer also pledged to complete the construction of the dam.

"We didn’t start it because we were not able to procure dedicated funding for it because for a project like that when you start, funding it must continue till its completion and so when this new government came, they took it up and in 2019 they cut sod for it" he stated.

"They said it was going to be funded from the Government of Ghana (GoG) budget and I knew that that was going to be a problem because to have almost $1 billion project funded from the GoG budget then you can be sure that it will face the hazards that every project that depends on the consolidated fund faces and that is exactly what happened.”

“Of course, it made a lot of political capital for the president’s party in cutting sod for that project…Unfortunately, we have rather lost money because almost $12 million was paid for no work done. You go to the site there is absolutely nothing there so somebody has caused financial loss to the state and must be held to account.

“But it is a project that is desirable. We intend to continue,” he added.

Source: Lead News Online