This will boost the government’s agenda to supply portable water to every part of the Country.
Ms Cecilia Abena Dapaah, Minister of Sanitation and Water resources said the allocation was due to the fact that her Ministry was among the priority sectors of the Government that needed special attention by the Ministry of Finance to provide the necessary budgets to meet its targets.
The Minister said 5 million people across the country from seven regions will have access to portable clean water as a result of the 1.5 billion Dollars funding to the sector.
A statement issued by the Ministry and copied to the Ghana News Agency made the announcement when she delivered a statement as the special guest of honour at the just ended IRC WASH Systems Symposium at held in The Hague, Netherlands.
Source: Ghana web