President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo on Friday cut sod for the construction of a multipurpose dam in Pwalugu in the Upper East Region of Ghana.
The project, pegged to cost $993 million, is said to be the single largest investment ever made by any government in the north.
It is in fulfilment of a campaign pledge made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) prior to the 2016 elections.
The Pwalugu Multipurpose project will consist of three main components, namely the construction of a 60 megawatt hydropower plant; a 50 megawatt solar farm; and the establishment of an irrigation scheme covering an area of some twenty-five thousand (25,000) hectares.
President Akufo-Addo noted that the 60 megawatt hydropower plant and the 50 megawatt solar power plant will be the very first hydro-solar hybrid system in the country, with the two technologies complementing each other to provide reliable and stable electricity supply to the national grid.
Additionally, the irrigation component of this project, the largest ever built in the country, with 15,000 out-grower beneficiaries, the President added, will complement the gains made by programmes such as ‘One Village, One Dam’ and ‘Planting for Food and Jobs’.
Present at the ceremony were Vice President Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, Minister of Energy John-Peter Amewu, Upper East Region Minister Tangoba Abayege, North East Region Minister Solomon Namlit Boar and Chinese representatives.
Source: 3news.com|Ghana
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