The Minority in Parliament has served notice it will initiate moves to have the Pawlugu Dam project investigated.
The caucus is wondering why the project has been delayed despite $12 million spent on it. Addressing journalists at the site, MP for Yapei-Kusawgu John Jinapor said everybody involved in the deal would be investigated and prosecuted.
“We will activate all the parliamentary processes to retrieve that amount of money—almost 200 million cedis—that has been dashed to this contractor. Somebody must be held accountable. $12 million can do a lot in this country.
“So we’ll use every legitimate means, every legal means, to retrieve the money and punish those who have caused this financial crime and financial loss to the state,” he said.
The components of the project were to include the construction of a roller-compacted concrete dam with an elevation of 168 metres above sea level near the Pwalugu Bridge on the White Volta River and a reservoir covering an area of 262 square kilometres.
A powerhouse consisting of two Kaplan turbines with 60 megawatts of installed capacity and a solar power plant of 50 megawatts.
An irrigation scheme consisting of a 20-metre-high water weir and canal network for about 25,000 hectares of land would be installed.
The minority leadership on the Mines and Energy Committee of Parliament visited the site of the $1 billion Pwalugu multipurpose irrigation dam.
The project was supposed to be completed this year after being commissioned in 2019.
The caucus visited the chief of the village, Kurugu, in the northeast region and further proceeded to the project site.
John Jinapor said it was surprising that the project site was empty when several amounts of money had been invested in the project.
The delegation included Hon. Edward Bawa MP for Bongo, Deputy National Communication Officer of the NDC, Malik Basintale, Regional Communication Officer of the Upper East, and Jonathan Abdullah, among others.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
