MR. KOFI ADDA MINISTER WATER RESOURCES AND SANITATION
The Government is to develop a three-year strategic plan for the water and
sanitation sector this year, Joseph Kofi Adda, Minister for Sanitation and Water Resources has said.
This, he noted, would go a long way to improve on the sanitation and water
system in the country as they still pose a major challenge.
Mr. Adda was speaking at the opening of the 2017 Annual Review
Conference of the Community Water and Sanitation Agency (CWSA) in
Kumasi on Friday.
The five-day conference, under the theme, “Rural Water and Sanitation Services Provision: Current Role of the CWSA, GAPS, and the Way Forward for
Effective and Sustainable Delivery”, was to deliberate on the 2016 Report of
CWSA and draw programmes for the agency for this year (2017).
According to Mr. Adda, government was arranging a stakeholders’ discussion
on how to come up with the strategic plan.
“In a couple of weeks from now, we are going to hold the biggest stakeholders’
session to put together, through a wide approach programme, a three-year
strategic plan on water and sanitation to help create a path for the gradual
solution of our water and sanitation problem,” Mr. Adda indicated.
Mr. Adda noted that, there was goodwill on the part of the President, Nana
Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta as well as
donor sponsors and so there should be a well laid plan to help
successfully fight the country’s poor sanitation and water problem.
The chief executive of CSWA, Ing. Worlanyo Kwadjo Siabe pledged the
Agency’s support to government determination to provide good water and
sanitation for the people to make the country a better place to live in.
He said the Agency had positioned itself well to find sustainable solutions to
water and sanitation problems, “however, we will count on government’s
support for logistics and subventions.”
“If we are given the needed resources, CWSA is capable of finding solutions to other problems confronting the water and sanitation sector in the country,” Mr. Siabe noted.
From Faustina Kwabea Osei, Kumasi
Read Full Story
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Instagram
Google+
YouTube
LinkedIn
RSS