The Government of Ghana has invested a staggering sum of $740m in the provision of drinking water nationwide under a policy dubbed ‘water for all’.
Vice President of the Republic, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, made this revelation Monday, October 10th 2022 at Tuna in the Savannah Region where he has rounded up an official tour of that region.
According to Dr Bawumia, the significant investment of over 740 million dollars in various water projects across the country has resulted in increasing the percentage of Ghanaians who have access to potable drinking water in line with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal for the provision of clean water and sanitation for all.
Speaking at the commissioning of a town water project in Tuna, Dr Bawumia said the successes chalked by the government in providing potable drinking water for rural and urban dwellers has resulted in a reduction of sanitation-related diseases such as cholera.
“We all know that under the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal, Goal number 6 is a goal for us to attain clean water sanitation for all. In this regard, the government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has had a policy of water for all. This water for all policy has resulted in an investment program of about 740 million dollars in terms of investment in water systems in various towns and communities,” he said.
Bawumia further added that over the past five years, the huge investments in water systems has led to increasing the overall access to water in the country to 87% – 96% for urban access and 74% for rural access.
He pointed out this has also led to a near eradication of Cholera.
“If you will all avert your minds, Ghana has not had a single case of cholera in the last five years. Not one single case of cholera,” he added.
Ghana recorded its worst outbreak of cholera in 2014 with eight out of its 10 regions being affected. The cholera outbreak started in June 2014 and continued to 2015. By the end of January 2015 when the outbreak was finally contained, over 28, 000 cases with 243 deaths had been recorded in all 10 regions of Ghana.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com